Elon Musk issued several forceful comments condemning the use of increasingly popular procedures for young people suffering from a state of confusion as it relates to their so-called gender identities.
Musk specifically called out puberty blockers and surgeries meant to help children “transition” into a member of the opposite sex from which they were born.
During the midst of his commentary, Musk called for an “age limit for sterilization” and went so far as to suggest that any adult, be they the parent or cooperating doctor, who goes along with the latest social craze should “go to prison for life.”
“This is super messed up. Mature, consenting adults should do as they wish, so long as they do not harm anyone else, but this child was too young for any kind of consent,” Musk wrote on Twitter as a comment to an article being shared about a teenager who had part of their intestinal lining used to recreate genitalia. The patient then experienced multiple organ failures after the complex surgery, in addition to the other problems associated with the procedure.
I agree. This is super messed up.
Mature, consenting adults should do as they wish, so long as they do not harm anyone else, but this child was too young for any kind of consent.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2023
In a separate tweet, Musk questioned the “research” that is being pushed to promote such life-defining, life-altering decisions, despite the fact that some studies – which are few and far between given the very short timeframe in which this phenomenon has been able to be studied – suggest the opposite.
The Twitter CEO pointed to a Swedish study that found “death for sex-reassigned persons was higher than for controls of same birth sex, particularly death from suicide.” He went on to add that the patients “also had increased risk for suicide attempts and psychiatric inpatient care.”
Comprehensive study in Sweden shows *increased* suicide!
Death for sex-reassigned persons was higher than for controls of same birth sex, particularly death from suicide. They also had increased risk for suicide attempts and psychiatric inpatient care. https://t.co/hIakkEJvJb
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2023
“Every child goes through an identity crisis, but leaping to a permanent solution that sterilizes them for life before they could possibly consent for themselves is wrong. Plain and simple,” he declared.
“I repeat my statement that any parents or doctors who do this should go to prison for life,” Musk continued in another thread.
When a conversation started about age limits on social media for young people, Musk wondered why adults who enable their children to go through chemical or physical castration should not also be subject to the same consequences.
“Age limit for sterilization by the state or parents too? Or is that too much to hope for,” Musk said.
Amazingly, the Biden administration has called for age limits on social media despite reiterating their support for sex transitions. This past January, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said as much, coming out in support of an age limit for social media but not gender transitions or puberty blockers.
“I, personally, based on the data I’ve seen, believe that 13 is too early. … It’s a time where it’s really important for us to be thoughtful about what’s going into how they think about their own self-worth and their relationships, and the skewed and often distorted environment of social media often does a disservice to many of those children,” Murthy said during a CNN appearance.
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