Should Parents Make Decisions Regarding Hormonal Treatments or Gender Reassignment Surgery for Children?
anyone who either is thinking about or who is in the process of raising children can ask for is to be left alone to raise their children in peace and how they see fit. Legally, parents have almost complete authority over their children, with some limitations. And of course, domestically, parents are free to make the rules that govern their own home. However, the world of ethics goes beyond personal and legal statutes. It asks what is right in a humane sense. How much power is too much? Should parents be allowed to make life-altering decisions for their children that will affect them as adults? Do parents have the right to determine their children’s identity? These are just some of the questions to consider when dealing with the issue of gender reassignment procedures, including hormonal treatments and genital reassignment surgery, and whether or not parents should be allowed to make these decisions for their children. Transgender children currently are often at the mercy of their paren
