New England Journal of Medicine Calls To Eliminate Gender on Birth Certificates – ESTABLISHMENT MEDICAL JOURNAL…WITH AMA…FALL OFF THE RAILS!
THE American Medical Association (AMA) — alongside another so-called “gold standard” in U.S. medicine, namely, the New England Journal of Medicine — has fallen off the rails. In a nutshell, they have joined the anti-science/biology “woke squads!” Science, what’s that??
AMA Adopts New Policies at 2018 Interim Meeting
Affirming the Medical Spectrum of Gender
The AMA will oppose efforts to deny an individual’s right to determine their stated sex marker or gender identity. The new policy comes just weeks after a memo circulated within the Trump Administration proposed narrowly defining sex as “a person’s status as male or female based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth,” according to a New York Times report.
“Sex and gender are more complex than previously assumed,” said AMA Board Member William E. Kobler, M.D. “It is essential to acknowledge that an individual’s gender identity may not align with the sex assigned to them at birth. A narrow limit on the definition of sex would have public health consequences for the transgender population and individuals born with differences in sexual differentiation, also known as intersex traits.”
The AMA will work to preserve access to quality health care by educating state and federal policymakers to ensure they have a fundamental understanding of the scientific nature of a person’s sex.
Protecting the Integrity of Public Health Data Collection
In recognition of a need to better understand the health of sexual and gender minorities, the AMA will advocate for collection of demographic data in federal and state surveys that is inclusive of sexual and gender identity.
The collection of sexual orientation and gender identity data is essential to allow physicians, public health experts, researchers and others to address health disparities and ensure care needs are met,” said AMA Board Member William A. McDade, M.D., Ph.D. “The AMA will advocate against the removal of demographic data inclusive of sexual and gender identity from public health surveys and registries without plans for updating measures of these data.”
The new AMA policy covers, but is not limited to, data collection by the Current Population Survey, United States Census, National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants, and the claims databases of public and private health insurers…..
ENTER….the heretofore esteemed New England Journal of Medicine — currently, not worth the paper it is written on, other than to use as toilet paper!
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INFO WARS | By Adan Salazar | December 17, 2020
Push to eliminate gender on birth certificates stems from notion there are more than two genders.
Sex designations on birth certificates should be removed because they may offend intersex and transgender people, advocates a new article published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In a piece titled “Failed Assignments: Rethinking Sex Designations on Birth Certificates,” NEJM scientists claim genders appearing on birth certificates “offer no clinical utility” and argue for them to be eliminated or moved to a less prominent place on the form.
Sex designations on birth certificates offer no clinical utility, and they can be harmful for intersex and transgender people. Moving such designations below the line of demarcation would not compromise the birth certificate’s public health function but could avoid harm.
— NEJM (@NEJM) December 17, 2020
“Sex designations on birth certificates offer no clinical utility, and they can be harmful for intersex and transgender people,” the article, published Dec. 17, states. “Moving such designations below the line of demarcation wouldn’t compromise the birth certificate’s public health function but could avoid harm.”
Evidently, the entire basis for the NEJM wanting to reform birth certificates stems from the notion there are more than two genders.
Assigning sex at birth also doesn’t capture the diversity of people’s experiences. About 6 in 1000 people identify as transgender, meaning that their gender identity doesn’t match the sex they were assigned at birth. Others are nonbinary, meaning they don’t exclusively identify as a man or a woman, or gender nonconforming, meaning their behavior or appearance doesn’t align with social expectations for their assigned sex.
Elsewhere in the piece, the study’s authors advocate for the removal of gender from government documents, including state driver’s licenses and passports.
Passports and state identification cards relying on sex assigned at birth for identification pose another challenge. These documents are usually issued or renewed when the holder is an adolescent or an adult, however, so moving sex designations below the line of demarcation on birth certificates would permit applicants to identify their gender without medical verification. Governments could also remove gender designations from identification cards altogether and focus more on identifiable physical features and updated photographs. This change would accommodate nonbinary people and reduce the burdens associated with amending documents.
The highly-respected medical journal’s progressive recommendations dovetail with gender-bending steps being taken in other leftist nations like Canada, where the province of Ontario has moved to ban “mother” and “father” on government forms, and Sweden, where the government is undertaking steps to remove references to gender from federal legislation.
