"Simply be sterile". That's as cavalier as it gets.I'm not cavalier, I'm saying is entirely possible for the less than 1% who want to. I don't think less than 1% is significant, do you? That means these treatments help the more than 99% of the others. You want to sacrifice the 99% who are helped for the 1% who me want to go back, and who can but who would simply be sterile in the process? Of that 1%, many likely wouldn't even want children, given that we're seeing less and less people desire kids. So it's not even the entire "less than 1%", it's some subset of the "less than 1%". That's what your advocating for? Punish the 99+% to preserve the reproductive viability of the <1%, some of whom won't even want reproductive viability? You really think that's fair?
You still haven't answered the question though. You said you think 10-11 year olds shouldn't be given puberty blockers is hormone therapy, and you said you agreed with the medical professionals. But the medical professionals said puberty blockers and hormone therapy is indeed recommended in appropriate cases after the onset of puberty, which for girls is, on average, around 10. So which is it? Do you agree with the professionals, who made an evidence-based determination that's medically necessary, or are you saying you know better than them?
I agree with mental supports, family supports. I do not agree with biologically invasive supports. For the simple reason I do not agree that a 10 year old can make the choice. They are not mature enough to make that life decision.
Cripes if I had gone just to get a vasectomy at 18 I would have been turned down.
And before you constantly bring up Medical professionals as the final say you need to remember how many times they have been wrong about things in the past. Eugenics, electroshock, many drugs now found to be dangerous, MK ultra experiments, LSD experiments with mentally ill patients, and more.
Its not "punishment" to stop an unnecessary medical proceedure. In fact "do no harm" is the orime tenet of the Hypocratic Oath. Puberty blockers are harmful to physically healthy kids. What is necessary is the family, mental health and community support as they continue to explore their personality, sexual preferences, and then be able to make an informed decision.
And anyone who says a 10 year old is capable of making the decision to undergo a sex change operatoon 8+ years later and be sterilized as a result is an idiot.