Last November, the Alberta Medical Association (AMA) released a statement taking aim at the Smith government for its new legislation banning puberty blockers and hormone therapy for trans-identifying youth. The AMA stated, among other things: “There is no place for the government in the medical decisions being made by parents and their children in conjunction with physicians.”
In an ideal world, the AMA would be absolutely correct — just as in an ideal world there would be no hunger, poverty, discrimination or violence.
