Though different states vary in their policies, the United States is by far the most permissive when it comes to affirming gender confused youth. Many other countries are tightening their restrictions and leaning towards psychological support over medical intervention, while the United States continues to loosen any restrictions. Children as early as 8 years old are offered puberty blockers in the United States. 

There are 1.6 million people who identify as transgender in the United States (ages 13 and up), which means one out of every five transgender people are between the ages of 13-17. Astonishingly, nearly half of those 300,000 youths (120,000 to be more precise), were diagnosed with gender dysphoria within a four year period (2017-2021). The number of young people identifying as transgender is increasing at a rapid pace. 

The amount of children taking puberty blockers more than doubled in the years between 2017 and 2021. In 2017, 2,394 children were taking puberty blockers and in 2021, 5,063 children were starting them. These numbers totaled to 17,683 in those four years. This continues to show the pattern of a rapid increase in young, vulnerable people taking their chances on these drugs. The pattern is likely increasing sharply due to a social contagion, rather than it being an issue we are just noticing and treating as a society. 

Study after study indicates that there is little to no change in the  psychological well being of children taking puberty blockers. The country of Sweden has even come out and said “the risks of puberty blockers and gender-affirming treatment are likely to outweigh the expected benefits of these treatments” and cautioned the healthcare system regarding their use. It seems that the attorney generals of the United States, with their recently published letter, are listening to these types of studies and requiring the AAP to provide evidence on the contrary in order to prove that they are “doing no harm” in supplying children with puberty blockers. Should the AAP fail to provide such evidence, perhaps the United States will be able to follow in the footsteps of countries who have tighter restrictions on puberty blockers.

The number of frozen embryos has grown exponentially over the years- from a reported 100,000 to 1.5 million.

Many of these eggs have no plans of being used for implantation. They are excess fertilized eggs frozen indefinitely. Some have even been frozen since the 70s, when IVF first started.