State-Mandated Ethics Oversight Is Inappropriate for Gender-Affirming Care.

J Law Med Ethics

NEUROETHICS PROGRAM, CENTER FOR BIOETHICS, NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE, CLEVELAND CLINIC, CLEVELAND, OH, USA.

Published: January 2025

A proposed state administrative rule would have required medical ethicists to approve certain aspects of gender-affirming care. The authors argue the proposed rule lacked appropriate justification compared to other instances of state-mandated ethics oversight and would undermine trust, raise practical challenges, and send harmful messages to society, patients, and providers.

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