Last Updated Feb 4th, 2020 at 5:12 pm

Multiple doctors recently authored a paper in which they argued that "state intervention" should be used against parents who refuse to allow their children to undergo transgender "transition" therapy.

The article, written by doctors in New York, Washington, and Michigan, addresses the issue of parents who may not wish to allow their children to partake in "gender-affirming medical care," such as synthetic hormones, puberty blockers, and irreversible surgeries.

The authors claim that parents who refuse such treatment should be subject to government force:

"We conclude that situations where a parent prevents a minor from receiving treatments related to gender dysphoria violate the Harm Principle and justify state intervention," they write in the paper.

The authors claim that such decisions on the part of parents constitute "neglect" and thus justify the involvement of law enforcement, calling such measures "consistent with the established understanding of pediatric ethics."