Kariyawasam Navin, Rai Nanky
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, TORONTO, ON, CANADA.
J Law Med Ethics. 2023;51(4):926-937. doi: 10.1017/jme.2024.7. Epub 2024 Mar 13.
Political debate regarding trans youth's access to gender-affirming care (GAC) has pushed many to advocate for GAC by pointing to tragic, pathological outcomes of non-treatment, namely suicide. However, these pathologized arguments are a harmful ethical "shortcut" which should be replaced by a meaningful engagement with the ethics of providing GAC to youth.
关于跨性别青少年获得性别肯定治疗(GAC)的政治辩论促使许多人通过指出不接受治疗的悲惨、病态后果,即自杀,来倡导GAC。然而,这些将问题病态化的观点是一种有害的道德“捷径”,应该被对为青少年提供GAC的伦理进行有意义的探讨所取代。