Great article debunking trans ideology by woman doctor

[RogueFemale]

https://janhavinilekani.substack.com/p/inclusivity-in-healthcare-should

I saved it to send to friends who struggle to get it, or who can't see why anyone would care that much about it.

Place saving so I can read it after tea!

It’s absolutely brilliant! She isn’t a dr though, but is extremely clever and knows what a woman is and why that’s important
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5379586-a-letter-to-nhs-fife?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share

Ah, sorry, didn't realise it'd already been posted but it's so good I don't suppose it matters.

So good. Thankyou.

"But the right to bodily autonomy is a negative right to refuse intervention, not a positive right to demand treatment."

'But... informed consent!" is frequently heard from TRAs - if I want to do something to my body, and can pay for it, well I should he allowed. But that reduces the doctors role to technician, and throws medical ethics out of the window. Seeing it laid out so clearly in this article has clarified the source of my unease with the informed consent model - it puts a gloss of medical 'approval' on harmful choices and thus undermines medicine as a whole.

That's a brilliant article. So clear and incisive.

Yes, she argues it so well and so clearly and logically.

Fantastic article. Thanks for sharing.

Oh my goodness it’s brilliant.

its hard to create a title, I should have added her name. Also, community disruption has sunk a number of threads so more threads sharing the letter are very welcome!

Thanks for the link, I'll read it tonight. 👍

But the right to bodily autonomy is a negative right to refuse intervention, not a positive right to demand treatment.

How does that work with abortion?

This is such a clear explanation of everything we try to convey.

Very clear article. I will share!

Excellent article

That’s a good question.
I think it works with abortion because a woman who approaches a healthcare provider and requests an abortion is asking for something she needs and is entitled to. She isn’t demanding something as such.

How well, and how fairly, she explains things, and gives unequivocal reasons as to why , for example a dr using “preferred pronouns” is exacerbating dysphoria , not supporting it.

It is a good question.

From https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/abortion/background-information/uk-abortion-laws/ (bolding mine):

A pregnancy can be lawfully terminated by a registered medical practitioner in an NHS hospital or premises approved for this purpose if two medical practitioners are of the opinion, formed in good faith, that either:

• The pregnancy has not exceeded its 24th week and the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated, of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant person or any existing children of their family.
• The termination is necessary to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant person.
• Continuing the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the pregnant person, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated.
• There is a substantial risk that if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped.

So abortion is justified under as the lesser evil - a necessary healthcare intervention to avoid mental or physical harm. Obviously not all doctors are convinced of this thinking and are therefore permitted to conscientiously object.

NB 'pregnant person' noted - thanks NICE 🙄

To echo @MsMiniver and @SwivelEyedHagBot there is no automatic right to have an abortion, you can't demand it, only request. Two doctors have to agree, which is a high bar. Fortunately, most doctors agree that it is harmful to force women to gestate a foetus and give birth against their wishes.

This is very good, thanks for posting.

the CPS is so vigilant that they investigate 37% of American children.

Is that TRUE???

It seems very likely that the author checked her facts.

Fantastic article. Thank you for posting

But seems an insane stat nevertheless.

I wonder where CPS gets the resource to afford all that investigating.

Ask her, on the substack link. https://janhavinilekani.substack.com/p/inclusivity-in-healthcare-should

I googled but will have a look at the link, thanks. The search engine stats are even more hair-raising. So sad.