ACPeds Launches Biological Integrity Initiative to Protect Children from the Harms of Transgender Interventions
September 27, 2023
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Atlanta, GA – The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is pleased to announce the release of its Biological Integrity Initiative. With the Biological Integrity Initiative – a beacon of trusted medical voices on gender dysphoria – ACPeds is leading the charge against the harms of transgender interventions on minors. The Initiative includes a new website, www.biologicalintegrity.org, that offers a wealth of resources for parents, teens, physicians, schools, and policymakers, including FAQs, latest research and data, fact sheets, videos, a map of current legislation, and ways to connect with doctors and therapists.
Also part of the Initiative, ACPeds’ physicians will increase their involvement testifying and serving as amici curiae, continue to speak publicly on the topic of gender dysphoria, strengthen coalitions with partner organizations, publish more research and position statements, and train other health care professionals to speak and offer testimony.
ACPeds Executive Director, Dr. Jill Simons, released the following statement with the launch of the Biological Integrity Initiative:
“We have been receiving increasing demands to provide clarity and support on the gender dysphoria issue and it is our hope that the Biological Integrity Initiative will be a valuable, practical resource for everyone involved. The term biological integrity denotes living in consistency with one’s natural, biological self – the integrated whole of body and mind. Children and adolescents should be loved, and taught to love themselves, as wholly male or female. Children are always born in the right body.”
ACPeds President Dr. Michael Artigues said:
“The massive push we are seeing for children to become the targets of experimental, life-altering drugs and surgeries is ideological in nature, directly opposed to biological reality, antithetical to good medical practice, and deeply disturbing to doctors who have devoted their lives to ethical, compassionate care for their most vulnerable patients – children.”
To arrange an interview with Dr. Jill Simons or Dr. Michael Artigues, please contact connect@acpeds.org.
The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is a national medical association of licensed physicians and healthcare professionals who specialize in the care of infants, children, and adolescents. It was founded by a group of concerned physicians who saw the need for a pediatric organization that would not be influenced by the politically driven pronouncements of the day. The mission of the ACPeds is to enable all children to reach their optimal physical and emotional health and well-being. The ACPeds is committed to fulfilling its mission by producing sound policy, based upon the best available research, to assist parents and to influence society in the endeavor of childrearing.