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Psychologists: Children Should Undergo Irreversible Gender-Transition Surgery Without Parental Consent

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Psychologists: Children Should Undergo Irreversible Gender-Transition Surgery Without Parental Consent
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A top psychology group representing 24,000 psychologists in Australia claims children should neither have to get parental consent nor undergo mandatory counseling to undergo irreversible gender-transition surgeries. 

The Australian Psychological ­Society (APS), according to a report from The Australian, “says the disapproval of both parents should not inhibit a child under 16 from consenting to procedures,” The Daily Mail reported last week.  

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