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Major medical associations, including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association, also support minors through access to gender-affirming care and their opposition to state-imposed bans. However, healthcare experts from other countries criticize these organizations, calling them unethical and more focused on politics than medicine. The U.S. stands out politically among Western nations on this issue, as countries like France, the U.K. and Sweden have halted puberty-blocking treatments and surgeries for minors due to concerns about long-term effects. Some young Americans who underwent gender-affirming surgeries, including a young man named Kobe, are expressing regret for being castrated, realizing he was a gay boy who liked playing with Barbies, not a woman. Additionally, Kayla Lovdahl from California is suing Kaiser Permanente, claiming she was pressured into transitioning and having breast removal surgery, while Luka Hein from Minnesota is suing a doctor for performing a breast removal surgery when she was just 16. Furthermore, State Senator Kristina Roegner, a co-sponsor of the bill, argued ahead of the vote that gender cannot be changed. She dismissed the concept of a gender spectrum and claimed that gender-affirming care is a nonexistent term.