The question seems to hinge on the definition of child. Totally my fault, I said "should children get access to surgery". The productive way to go is to talk ab

The question seems to hinge on the definition of child. Totally my fault, I said "should children get access to surgery". The productive way to go is to talk about ages and interventions available. What we can affirm is that: people in slovenia can have sex reassignment surgery at 15, in scotland at 16. In most EU countries, after 18 https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/mapping-minimum-age-requirements-concerning-rights-child-eu/access-sex-reassignment-surgery https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/mapping-minimum-ag... And the we can ask if those policies are generating more happiness than suffering, or more suffering than happiness. The NYT article mentions a 16 year old getting a mastectomy, hormones, and then regretting it. I would consider a 16 year old a child, but you might not, and that is fine. The useful question is still: was it too soon? Maybe not! Maybe she is just unlucky, and mastectomies of 14 years old will make the world a better place. But it is a discussion, and people will not accept that they don't get to ask questions and have opinions.