Kobach joins coalition demanding AAP retract statement on puberty blockers

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is joining 20 other state attorneys general to demand the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) retract a statement that calls puberty blockers reversible.

The letter penned by Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador requests detailed information from the AAP on youth gender dysphoria and the claims regarding the safety and reversibility of puberty blockers.

“Telling parents and children that puberty blockers are ‘reversible’ at the very least conveys assurance that no permanent harm or change will occur, but that claim cannot be made in the face of the unstudied and ‘novel’ use of puberty blockers to treat gender dysphoria,” the letter reads.

Other states joining the letter include Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Arizona Legislature. 

"Parents should be able to trust that guidance from the AAP and its member pediatricians is rooted in safety and reality – and not in woke gender ideology,” Kobach said. “A child changing his or her gender identity has long-term major medical and psychological ramifications."

27 News reached out to the AAP on Thursday, but has not yet heard back.

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