Both sides of the transgender debate tend to accuse the other of politicizing healthcare. Dr. Rachel (formerly Richard) Levine, Biden’s assistant health secretary, complained that “we do not need state laws and actions that dictate principles of transgender medical care by us, pediatric experts.” Trouble is, the experts, as he puts it, are divided.

The ACLU has threatened a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., after doctors at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare “voiced questions about patients receiving-affirming procedures at a facility affiliated with our health system,” which resulted in “a temporary pause to review current practices.”

If this were truly about “trusting the experts” — or keeping the government out of medicine — why would the ACLU threaten doctors with intervention from the Department of Justice instead of deferring to their professional judgment? Neither side is really on the fence. One side thinks doctors should be prohibited from conducting experimental treatments on gender-confused patients, the other side thinks they should be forced to do so.