CBS News recently posted an article entitled “Top surgery drastically improves quality of life for young transgender people, study finds” written by C Mandler. The article describes a study by Northwestern Medicine that surveyed 36 girls and young women three months after having elective double mastectomies. The study claims that the girls experienced significantly less “chest dysphoria” than they had prior to surgery, but is it true that removing the girls’ breasts drastically improved their quality of life?
Planned Parenthood has now jumped into this business with both feet. On its website, the organization claims that if a child or young adult is “insistent, consistent, and persistent” about their trans identity, then they should be medically “affirmed.”