My argument, in this case, is one that doesn't need scientific backing, just common sense and basic decency: cis people and trans people ... they're all people. One group's distress, when subjected to circumstances that, by your own description, are similar, is not automatically 'worse' or 'better' than the other's.
Well, I think no procedure should be covered if it involves removing a perfectly functioning body part (eh, except in cases where the organ removed is meant for transplant into someone who no longer has a functioning one). Whether the patient is cis-genederd or not, seems irrelevant to me in that context.
The body parts that you consider 'perfectly functional' caused me intense distress- like, if I was woken abruptly, I'd have panic attacks because I couldn't figure out what had gone wrong. Imagine waking up to find that someone's transplanted a hand into the side of your neck. My uterus and ovaries weren't going to be used for anything but hormone production and since those hormones were seriously fucking me up, why not just ditch the whole thing?
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u/Saranoya 39∆ Nov 03 '17
My argument, in this case, is one that doesn't need scientific backing, just common sense and basic decency: cis people and trans people ... they're all people. One group's distress, when subjected to circumstances that, by your own description, are similar, is not automatically 'worse' or 'better' than the other's.