The American Academy of Pediatrics, like other institutional medical organizations, demands respect and submission to its pronouncements about public health.

The AAP is extraordinarily influential — perhaps even more powerful than the American Medical Association — because it asserts itself as the authority on our children's health. The reason it wields more power is because parents — especially first-time parents, even if they're willing to question "medical authorities" in general — often fold like a cheap suit at the disapproving frown of their own pediatrician.

That's what makes the latest power play from the AAP especially revolting.

The AAP is unquestionably political and firmly left-wing. Its stance on the ridiculously named "gender-affirming care" is proof.

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