The analogy with abortion is useful primarily because people are generally less aware of the struggle for good trans healthcare than they are of the political warfare over reproductive rights, which affects so many more people. But it is also a helpful comparison given the general confusion among the public about whether they ought to consider being trans as a mental illness and, if not, why the NHS provides treatment for it. I think the distress associated with unwanted pregnancy (which is not an illness but may require medical intervention) serves as a better analogy for explaining why trans
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