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The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) stands by its statement that there is currently not enough evidence to support so-called gender-affirming care (GAC) for minors, according to an interview with the president of the organization.
Fox News Digital spoke with ASPS President Dr. Steven Williams about its current stance regarding GAC, which includes the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery which is being prescribed to minors who express distress over their gender.
The United States is one of a few Western countries where minors can receive gender surgery. In Belgium, Finland, Germany, Luxemburg, Sweden, the U.K., and three Canadian provinces, minors cannot undergo a double mastectomy before 18 and nearly all European countries do not perform sex reassignment surgery before 18, according to a recent report from a Canadian think tank.
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