Good grief! I can't believe it, but North Western's article is a trolling linkbait compared to the Time Magazine and the Hastings Center's articles, which it ci

Good grief! I can't believe it, but North Western's article is a trolling linkbait compared to the Time Magazine and the Hastings Center's articles, which it cites. The Time article was first, it was cited by Hastings, and the two were cited by North Western, but the content becomes increasingly unscientific and partisan. TIME: "The early prenatal use of dexamethasone, or dex, has been shown to prevent some of the symptoms of CAH in girls, namely ambiguous genitalia. Because the condition causes overproduction of male hormones in the womb, girls who are affected tend to have genitals that look more male than female, though internal sex organs are normal. (In boys, in contrast, the condition leads to early signs of puberty, such as deep voice, body hair and enlarged penis by age 2 or 3.) But while the prenatal treatment may address girls' physical symptoms, it does not prevent the underlying, medical condition, which in some severe cases can be life-threatening, nor does it preclude the need for medication throughout life." Hastings Center acknowledges the medical application of dex to prevent CAH, but cites the lead researcher's other interests in "curing" homosexuality in girls: "The majority of researchers and clinicians interested in the use of prenatal “dex” focus on preventing development of ambiguous genitalia in girls with CAH. CAH results in an excess of androgens prenatally, and this can lead to a “masculinizing” of a female fetus’s genitals. One group of researchers, however, seems to be suggesting that prenatal dex also might prevent affected girls from turning out to be homosexual or bisexual." The news will get further diluted as it gets excerpted and cited from tertiary sources, and I have a feeling Dr. New will soon have a legion of clinic protesters, and face massive character assassination among her peers.