I have never before had any real interest in the socialized health care systems Europeans have. They are not ideal, that is for sure. But this gender issue has changed my mind about that, at least to the extent of making it clear that our medical professionals have been profoundly corrupted by the profits to be made from these "therapies." It's not that many of them do not also buy into the ideology sincerely. But ideologies usually justify the self-interests of those who hold them. This can entrench them, and I believe it is why here the pushback is unfortunately going to have to be more blunt and politically abrasive.
From Affirmation to Moderation: The U.K.’s new approach to treating gender dysphoric youth
I have never before had any real interest in the socialized health care systems Europeans have. They are not ideal, that is for sure. But this gender issue has changed my mind about that, at least to the extent of making it clear that our medical professionals have been profoundly corrupted by the profits to be made from these "therapies." It's not that many of them do not also buy into the ideology sincerely. But ideologies usually justify the self-interests of those who hold them. This can entrench them, and I believe it is why here the pushback is unfortunately going to have to be more blunt and politically abrasive.