아동을 보호하는 의사 선언: 유해한 시술 중단 촉구

### 아동을 보호하는 의사 선언: 유해한 성별 확인 프로토콜에 반대하는 단결
* 👩 공동 서명자 연합을 대표하는 질 사이먼스 박사는 현재 **미국 아동과 청소년을 위한 성 확인 프로토콜이 신체적, 정신적 건강에 미치는 영향**에 대해 우려를 표명합니다.
* 🔬 미국 소아과 의사협회가 작성한 이 선언문은 **의료 의사 결정은 개인의 생물학적 성별에 근거**해야 하며 생물학적 현실을 존중해야 한다고 주장합니다.
* 📜 연합은 **미국의 주요 의료 기관이 증거 기반 접근 방식을 따르고 성 불쾌감을 느끼는 청소년을 위한 사회적 긍정, 사춘기 차단제, 교차 성 호르몬 및 수술 홍보를 즉시 중단할 것**을 촉구합니다.
* 🚫 안드레 반 마울 박사는 **성별 위화감의 자연스러운 경과가 확인 없이 해결되는 경우**가 많다고 강조하며, 치료의 표준으로 **주의 깊은 기다림과 정신 건강 평가의 필요성**을 강조합니다.
* 💊 베니오 박사는 성별 혼란을 심리적 문제로 보고 심리 평가와 치료의 중요성을 강조하며, **성 정체성 확인 치료가 해를 끼친다**고 비판합니다.
* 👩 미국 의사 및 외과의사 협회를 대표하는 에리카 리어론 박사는 아동의 피해를 예방하기 위해 **과학과 의료 윤리에 기반한 치료**를 제공해야 한다고 강조합니다.
* 👶 소아과 전문의인 데이비드 올렌 박사는 **모든 의료 전문가들이 이 선언문을 읽고 정보에 입각한 결정을 내린 후 어린이 보호를 위한 조치**를 취할 것을 촉구합니다.
* ⚖ 가톨릭 의료 리더십 연합의 변호사 루이스 브라운은 **모든 어린이는 자신의 존엄성과 진정한 정체성을 존중하는 윤리적 의료 서비스**를 받을 자격이 있다고 강조합니다.

어린이를 보호하는 의사 연합은 미국 의료 기관에 어린이와 청소년에게 유해한 성전환 절차를 홍보하는 행위를 중단할 것을 촉구합니다.

thank you for coming today for the launch of the doctor protecting children declaration. my name is Dr. Jill Simons. I'm a board-certified pediatrician and the executive director for the American College of Pediatricians. today, I'm here alongside my colleagues representing the Coalition of co-signers of the doctors protecting children declaration. our Coalition consists of Physicians together with nurses, Behavioral Health clinicians, other health professionals, scientists, researchers, and public health and policy professionals. and we have serious concerns about the physical and mental health effects of the current protocols promoted for the care of Children and adolescents in the United States who Express discomfort with their biological sex. this declaration was authored by the American College of Pediatricians, but really it was developed from the expertise of hundreds of doctors, researchers, and other healthcare workers and leaders who for years have been sounding the alarm on the harmful protocols that continue to be promoted by the medical organizations in the United States despite recent Revelations from the leak wpath files and the recent release of the final report from the

cast review these medical organizations have not changed course so we are calling on these medical organizations of the United States, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Endocrine Society, the Pediatric Endocrine Society, the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, to follow the science and their European colleagues and immediately stop the promotion of social affirmation, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries for children and adolescents who experience distress over their biological sex. In our declaration, we affirm that sex is a dimorphic innate trait defined in relation to an organism's biological role in reproduction - male and female. This genetic signature is present in every nucleated somatic cell in the body and is not altered by drugs or surgical interventions. Consideration of these innate differences is critical to the practice of good medicine and to the development of sound policy for children and adults alike. Medical decision-making should be based upon an individual's biological sex. It should respect biological reality and the dignity of

the person. By compassionately addressing the whole person, we are here defying the claims made by these medical organizations in the US that those of us who are concerned are a minority and that their protocols are consensus. They are not consensus, and we are speaking in a loud, unified voice. Enough! We also encourage the physicians who are members of these professional organizations to contact their leadership and urge them to adhere to the evidence-based research now available. This declaration is live on the website doctorsprotectingchildren.org. Please read it. You can see the impressive coalition of co-signers already on there, and you can sign. I'm now going to turn it over to each of my colleagues standing here with me to introduce themselves and say a few words about the declaration. Note that these courageous leaders represent thousands of doctors and healthcare workers within their organization. Thank you, Dr. Van Maul. Good morning. I'm Dr. Andre Van Maul. I'm a board-certified family physician. I'm here today representing the Christian Medical and Dental Associations, American College of

Pediatricians and the American Academy of Medical ethics. Briefly, gender dysphoria is a diagnosis, whereas transgenderism is an ideology. The natural course of gender dysphoria is desistence by adulthood, conservatively in 85% of the cases, unless it is affirmed. Gender dysphoria carries with it the overwhelming probability of underlying mental health issues, adverse family dynamics, adverse childhood experiences, and autism spectrum disorder that usually predate the gender dysphoria itself. The probability of both desistence and underlying mental health and other issues is why watchful waiting, coupled with mental health evaluation and counseling for both patient and family, was once and is increasingly again recognized as the standard of care for minors with under dysphoria. Systematic literature reviews done in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland, and Germany show that so-called gender affirming health care is out of step with the evidence base for gender dysphoric youth transition. Affirmation is not proven to be safe or effective long-term. It does not reduce suicides.

does not repair mental health issues or trauma. Minors cannot give truly informed consent. Children have developing and immature brains. Their minds change often. They are prone to risk-taking. They are vulnerable to peer pressure and they don't grasp long-term consequences. Refusing to provide gender transition procedures or so-called gender affirming Health Care is non-discriminatory and is appropriate both professionally and scientifically. Withholding unproven interventions is non-discriminatory and gender affirming Health Care has neither been shown to be safe nor effective nor of more help than harm. Physicians take an oath to do no harm and gender affirming Healthcare is documented to lead to harm. There are good mental health alternatives to gender affirming healthcare which address underlying issues rather than dodging them. Finally, there is always a more honest way to deal with gender confusion than the chemical sterilization and surgical mutilation of healthy young bodies. I thank you for your kind attention. Hello, my name is Dr. Benio. I'm a board-certified psychiatrist.

represent uh Honey Lake Clinic, a residential treatment facility. American Academy uh American Academy of Medical ethics, and uh American Association of Christian counselors, and the Christian Medical and Dental Association. The great philosopher Voltaire warned, When people believe absurdities, they will commit atrocities. Directing adolescent programs is one of my specialties. We always knew gender confusion, dysphoria, dissonance, and evasion was a manifestation of deeper psychological struggles. These struggles usually emanate from dysfunctional or misinterpreted relational dynamics with parents, siblings, and peers, from being victims of abuse or early sexualization as minors, or having compromised social skills as in autism or developmental disorders. For many, these struggles resolved when puberty hit, but for those that didn't or other cases where significant disruption, distress, or obsession occurred, the standard of care was psychological or psychiatric evaluation to diagnose the underlying psychiatric issues, followed by individual and usually family therapy, often for at least 9 to 18 months. This treatment was delivered by trained, licensed psychotherapists.

psychiatrists, as we have expertise in helping patients remedy the internal unconscious struggles which precipitate their gender confusion. Psychiatric evaluation and care is paramount and necessary because gender confusion is not a biological issue; it is a psychological one. After implementing Gat, various countries have ized Gat. Not only ignores the underlying psychological issues, but it also inflicts a host of new ones. Sadly, these problems are compounded by the psychological and physical damage that psych, that social, chemical, and surgical transitioning causes. England, Finland, Denmark, Sweden are reversing their Gat positions and advocating for the more successful standard of care, which is psychiatric evaluation and treatment. As a healthcare professional, I'm saddened by the ongoing suffering caused by G. I desire for all children to find healing. Please join us in stopping the belief in absurd Gat policies and malpractice, and let's get back to gender confusion treatment standards based on sound science, common sense, and the truth so we can protect kids from atrocities inflicted on their mind, body, and spirit. Good morning, I'm Dr. Erica Learon.

I'm a board-certified family physician, and I'm the president-elect of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. We were founded in 1943 as a physician organization that represents independent physicians, and we have members in virtually every state and almost every medical specialty. We are devoted to the practice of medicine in the tradition of Hippocrates. Unfortunately, the protocols currently being pushed on children and adolescents violate the fundamental precepts of regimen for the good of the patient and ultimately to do no harm. It is my honor to be here today to express the utmost support from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons to this Coalition in its declaration to protect children. It's past time for our profession to end harm being done and instead provide care to children that is both rooted in science and principles of medical ethics that put patients, not political ideology, first. Thank you for the opportunity to be here today to stand with my colleagues and support this crucial mission. Thank you. My name is Dr. David Olen.

private P practice pediatrician in High Point, North Carolina. I'm also a member of the board of the American College of Pediatricians. I'm here to enthusiastically support this declaration today, and I urge all of my colleagues, regardless of your medical specialty, everywhere, to read the Declaration, read the references, and then to make a careful decision and sign on. The time to act is now. Thank you. Mario Dickerson, executive director of the Catholic Medical Association. We represent thousands of Physicians, nurses, and health Care Professionals across the country. We're proud to be a part of this collaborative effort and stand here with our colleagues. Thank you. Good morning. My name is Nicole Hayes, and I serve as director of state public policy with the Christian Medical and Dental Associations, one of the co-signing organizations in support of this wonderful declaration. As the Christian Medical and Dental Associations, we affirm the biblical and biological understanding of humankind as having been created and distinctly made as male and female. We are pleased to sign on to the doctor's

protecting children declaration as ethical health care professionals, and others who are committed to providing and ensuring compassionate, evidence-based care, which is central to how we care for our patients. Medical decision-making should respect biological reality and the dignity of the person by compassionately addressing the whole person. Anything less is disastrous for patients and for the health care profession, and will not promote human flourishing. We urge the practice of evidence-based care for children and adolescents struggling with gender dysphoria. This does not require courage inasmuch as that only requires acknowledging truth and a desire to help and not harm. Thank you. Great to be with you all. My name is Lewis Brown. I'm an attorney and serve as a board member and vice president of public policy for the Catholic Healthcare Leadership Alliance. The Catholic Healthcare Leadership Alliance is pleased to support the doctors protecting children declaration because every child deserves ethical medical care that protects each child's life, health, and dignity. Medical and scientific research clearly demonstrate that so-called gender affirming

procedures are seriously harmful to a child's physical, mental, and emotional health and well-being. Children dealing with gender confusion or gender dysphoria are owed love, compassion, and Medical Care based on the truth and goodness of their Humanity in body, mind, and soul. To protect the health and dignity of millions of Children, Medical associations, health Care Professionals, health care entities, and government health care programs at the state and federal level must stop promoting and providing unethical and harmful gender, so-called gender affirming procedures to advance a civilization of love and Justice. Our American Healthcare System is ethically obligated to provide children with medical care that is healing, medically and scientifically credible, and that leads to True human flourishing. Justice demands that our nation's Health Care System provide care that upholds the beauty and truth of every child's dignity and true identity. Thank you, thank you all of you, thank you. It's an honor to Stand Here representing this Coalition, and as you've heard, we've spoken loud and clear, uh, that we are

going to protect children and our colleagues are supporting us and we you to read the Declaration urge the medical organizations of the United States uh to to read this declaration uh and to stop these harmful procedures we do have some time for uh to entertain a few questions if there are any hi my name is Josiah Sullivan um here with Meg kiligan representing family research Council my question for you today as Physicians as doctors in a time where there's so much misinformation out there what was the Catalyst that made you want to stand up for children it's a very good question because all of us up here have been sounding this alarm for years uh and um meeting resistance and being pushed to the side all of us I think I can speak for all of us were um a bit surprised when in the last few months um with the release of the W path files the release of the um final report from the cast review uh that just very clearly laid out the evidence um that these procedures are harmful and not helpful uh and what's

truly going on. I think all of us hope that our colleagues, um, those who maybe aren't paying attention to this discussion, um, would take notice and speak up. Uh, we also hope that the organizations, um, would themselves put a stop to this, uh, and they have not. In fact, they've, they've doubled down and said that they're going to continue, um, with what they're doing. So, that to us was what mobilized us to want to take action, um, and say enough because, um, we are numerous and we are leaders in healthcare, uh, and if, if not us, then who? And we are here to do our job, to take care of children and protect them. Well, thank you very much, all of you and those of you, um, listening to us, uh, online, um, we thank you and the Coalition of doctors protecting children thanks you. Uh, please check out the website and, um, sign the Declaration. Thank you. [Applause]

Doctors Protecting Children Declaration Press Conference- June 6, 2024

American College of Pediatricians

질 사이먼스 박사가 이끄는 의료 전문가 연합은 미국 의료 기관이 생물학적 성별에 불편함을 표현하는 아동에 대한 특정 프로토콜을 홍보하는 것을 중단할 것을 촉구하고 있습니다.

이 선언문은 생물학적 성별에 근거한 의학적 결정의 중요성을 강조하며 많은 공동 서명자의 지지를 받고 있습니다.

이 연합은 의사들에게 증거 기반 연구를 지지하고 준수할 것을 촉구하며 다른 의사들에게도 doctorsprotectingchildren.

org에서 선언문에 서명할 것을 권장합니다.

미성년자의 성별 위화감과 성전환을 둘러싼 논란

성별 위화감은 진단으로 간주되는 반면, 트랜스젠더주의는 이데올로기로 간주됩니다.

성별 위화감은 성인이 되면 85%의 경우 확진 없이 자연적으로 해결되는 경향이 있으며, 종종 근본적인 정신 건강 문제 및 불리한 경험과 함께 발생하는 경우가 많습니다.

현재 성별 위화감이 있는 미성년자에 대한 치료 표준은 근본적인 문제를 해결하는 데 중점을 두고 주의 깊게 관찰하고 정신 건강 평가 및 상담을 진행하는 것입니다.

아동의 성별 확인 치료를 종식하라는 요구

주요 의료 전문가와 단체들은 성 혼란에 대한 정신과적 평가와 치료의 중요성을 강조하며 아동에 대한 성별 확인 치료를 중단할 것을 주장하고 있습니다.

현재 프로토콜은 근본적인 심리적 문제를 무시하고 사회적, 화학적, 외과적 전환을 통해 추가적인 해를 끼친다는 비판을 받고 있습니다.

미국 의사 및 외과의사 협회, 미국 소아과 의사 협회, 가톨릭 의사회를 포함한 연합은 동료들에게 이 선언을 지지하고 어린이를 돌보는 데 있어 과학과 의료 윤리를 우선시할 것을 촉구하고 있습니다.

성별 위화감이 있는 아동을 위한 윤리적 의료의 중요성

가톨릭 의료 리더십 연합은 성별 위화감이 있는 어린이를 위한 윤리적 의료 서비스를 옹호하는 '어린이를 보호하는 의사들의 선언'을 지지합니다.

이들은 성 확인 절차가 아동의 신체적, 정신적 건강에 미치는 해로운 영향을 강조하며 진실과 연민에 기반한 치료를 촉구합니다.

이 연합은 의료 협회와 정부 의료 프로그램에 비윤리적인 시술의 홍보를 중단하고 모든 아동의 존엄성과 진정한 정체성을 존중하는 치료를 제공할 것을 촉구합니다.

아동에 대한 유해한 의료 시술 중단 촉구

한 의사 그룹이 미국 의료 단체에 어린이에게 해로운 시술을 중단할 것을 촉구하며 시술의 해로움과 효과 부족에 대한 명확한 증거를 제시하고 있습니다.

의사들은 반대 증거가 있음에도 불구하고 의료 단체가 시술을 강행하는 것을 보고 저항에 직면한 후 행동에 나서게 되었습니다.

이 단체는 아동 보호의 중요성을 강조하며 동료 의사들에게 이 문제에 대해 목소리를 낼 것을 촉구하고 있습니다.