The National Academy of Medicine of Buenos Aires stated that it "does not endorse any treatment" aimed at modifying the biological sex of minors, whether through hormone blockers, hormone therapy, or gender reassignment surgeries.
It did so through a statement issued following its Academic Plenary on September 25, 2025, in which it took a categorical position against medical and surgical interventions for gender transition in children and adolescents, and issued a statement rejecting medical and surgical gender transition treatments for those under 18.
The latter had been established by the national government in February 2025 when it amended Article 11 of Law 26.743 on Gender Identity, enacted in 2012, and restricted the possibility of performing hormonal or gender-changing surgical treatments only to those over 18 years of age. Until then, the legislation allowed minors to access these procedures with the consent of their parents and the intervention of an interdisciplinary team.
Now, the National Academy of Medicine of Buenos Aires has taken the aforementioned firm position in response to the judicial inquiries it receives regarding procedures that include chemical or surgical castration and gender reassignment, and the members of the entity issued a declaration.
The institution justified its position on ethical and scientific principles, emphasizing the need to respect human life and nature, while referring to the effects of these treatments.
"Given the deleterious consequences of these treatments on physical health — often irreversible — and psychological health, including a high percentage of subsequent depressions, the Academy advises against them," it warned.
Similarly, it stated:
"Such interventions, which lead to situations not supported by proven scientific facts, have had to be suspended in countries that promoted them — such as Finland, Sweden, Norway, England, the Netherlands, and several states of the United States — as they constitute, at the very least, unwanted consequences of an unsubstantial promise that attacks the real, biological sex by attempting to be replaced by the inconsistent sociological and voluntarist perception of gender."
"The care of these children and adolescents with gender dysphoria requires a comprehensive approach, centered on them and their families, with strong bonds and close accompaniment by mental health services," the entity affirmed.
