Agreed. It is also one of the reasons I am opposed to self ID and keep telling trans activists on line that this is not a hate attack on them by Truscum or the other names they call those who are not 'on their side' as they see it.
Because the safeguards are there to protect BOTH society with whom trans people interact and themselves.
It is very clear the desire or Theresa May is total demedicalisation of what is not, she says, an illness.
Often seemingly true as much of the explosion of transgenderism appears to be lifestyle expression and a bit of an experiment.
Except, of course, when it really is a medical matter - the few percent who are transsexual and aware of the need for help.
Or more worryingly the borderline ill who are unwilling to see it as an illness who are much more likely to frequent dodgymed on line and buy potent drugs as if they are smarties.
When a lot of people argue that control should pass from medicine to themselves I see that as a warning sign. Because it usually means those people making the demands are the ones who are finding it hard to justify medicine giving them the drugs they want through normal channels.
It is easy to think we are helping by freeing them from the need for those drugs when the reality in at least a significant number of cases will be that they DO want the drugs but think they should be the one to determine if and how that is appropriate.
Not any doctor saying - no - or just wait and see if there is a better way forward not so drastic.
Changing your life like this should never be a simple choice. It should always be a last resort talked over properly with all the relevant experts.
If then it is concluded it is the right path, go for it and be happy. But the risks of inappropriate transition are too high to remove all the safeguards. Sometimes laws are written to protect people from themselves and this is one place where a balance is needed.