Canada’s Gender Transition Policies for Minors Least Restrictive Worldwide: Study

Canada is the most permissive country in the world regarding legal and medical gender transition processes for minors, a new report has found. Canadian policies tend to be less strict than those in Northern and Western European countries, according to the findings of a landmark study series from the Calgary-based Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy and Do No Harm, a group of health-care professionals and policymakers who advocate for keeping identity politics “out of medical education, research, and clinical practice.” “Our policy review reveals that Canada and some U.S. states are the most permissive in the world when it comes to the legal and medical gender transition of minors,” endocrinologist and lead study author Dr. Roy Eappen said in a July 29 press release. “Here, at a much younger age than Europe, patients are eligible for invasive surgeries that are potentially irreversible and medically harmful.”...