John – This week, I led the effort in Congress to debunk the false narratives from the left about the “benefits” of “transgender care” for minors. I also unveiled legislation to boost research into psychedelic treatments for our service members living with PTSD. If you enjoy receiving my newsletters, please consider donating to my campaign. These updates, along with my entire operation, take a team of writers, editors, and content creators. I am only able to continue providing these free, regular updates with the resources provided from patriots like you. Any amount helps, and you can help me grow our conservative movement by donating to my campaign here. As always, thank you for your support. Now, here’s your Campaign Brief: "NAME. ONE. STUDY." CLICK HERE OR ON THE IMAGE ABOVE TO WATCH As I told you last week, I introduced legislation that would prevent federal funding under the Graduate Medical Education program from going to children’s hospitals that provide “gender affirming care” to minors. This week, my committee held a hearing on that legislation. Democrats invited a doctor from Yale to speak in opposition to my bill and in support of continuing to provide puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and even transgender surgery for minors. So I took the opportunity to confront this Democrat witness directly. You can watch the full exchange in the link above. During the hearing, I asked the Yale doctor to name ONE clinical review citing the benefits of gender transition for minors. The entire hearing, she was citing “evidence” of the benefits of “gender affirming care,” so I asked her for specifics. I asked her to name one study that pointed to the supposed benefits. Spoiler alert: she couldn’t. Why? Because there is ZERO evidence to support her ridiculous claims. The idea that we should allow and even encourage children to permanently change their gender is a new, dangerous phenomenon. This phenomenon is sweeping across medical institutions, including at our children’s hospitals. And yet there’s no serious evidence of the safety or benefits of “transgender care” for minors, and no long-term studies to truly evaluate the impact this “treatment” could have decades later. None. The science is clearly not on their side for this critical issue. The British Journal of Medicine analyzed 61 other systematic reviews and came to this conclusion: “there is great uncertainty about the effects of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries in young people.” The effects of transgender care are not temporary—when doctors provide this “care” to minors, they are permanently altering the physiology of a child for the rest of their lives. The good news is the American people are not supporting this madness. According to the latest polls, nearly 70% of Americans disapprove of providing puberty blockers to minors. Those advocating we encourage children to transition genders claim they are being “compassionate.” But there is nothing compassionate about walking a child down a path from which they cannot return. It’s time for adults—doctors, teachers, and political leaders—to act responsibly and stop treating our children like lab rats for the latest fad in pseudoscience. RESEARCH PSYCHEDELICS TO TREAT PTSD CLICK HERE OR ON THE IMAGE ABOVE TO READ MORE This week, I also unveiled legislation to expand research into the use of psychedelics to treat PTSD among our service members. The legislation is called the Douglas ‘Mike’ Day Psychedelic Therapy to Save Lives Act, named after legendary Navy SEAL Mike Day. Mike served as a Navy SEAL for 21 years. On one mission, Mike got shot 27 times. Most people would have died from much less, but Mike kept killing the terrorists who were surrounding him and somehow made it home. When you think of a war hero, you think of Mike Day. Yet like so many other warriors, after Mike made it back home, he began an entirely different, more insidious battle with the demons that follow our service members from war. Ultimately, those demons won their battle against Mike Day, and he tragically killed himself earlier this year. Mike’s personal struggle isn’t an isolated case. While the estimates vary, research has found that more than 20 veterans kill themselves every day. That is unacceptable. We must do more to make progress in the fight against PTSD, including thinking of innovative solutions to treat it. That’s why I’m introducing this bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to provide grants for further research into the use of psychedelics to treat PTSD. The research is promising. Recent private sector research into the use of MDMA to treat PTSD found that 88% of trial participants had a significant reduction in symptoms and 67% no longer had PTSD. And that study isn’t an outlier. The first use of MDMA assisted psychotherapy for PTSD in 2010 found that 83% of the patients given MDMA no longer met the criteria for PTSD. And beyond the research, the testimonials of the people who’ve used this treatment are even more compelling. When I unveiled the bill this week, I was surrounded by former Navy SEALs and other service members who said this treatment turned them away from suicide, rescued their marriage, rescued their families and pulled them out of the depths of despair that only service members living with PTSD can describe. The problem is that, under current law, active-duty service members suffering from PTSD must travel abroad to receive this treatment or risk losing their active-duty status if they do so. That is unacceptable. We should allow service members to retain their active-duty status and seek this treatment within the borders of the country they were willing to die for. That’s why my bill allows service members to keep their status if they participate in this treatment and directs the Defense Department to start the research that will allow us to fully study the efficacy of this innovative way to treat our service members who gave so much for our country. They deserve nothing less. ON SOCIAL MEDIA That's it for this week's campaign brief. Thanks for reading and your support. Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get the latest updates on the fight in Washington direct from me. In Service, Dan Crenshaw DONATE TO SUPPORT DAN'S CAMPAIGN If you'd like to donate by check, please make your check payable and mail to: Dan Crenshaw for Congress, 5900 Memorial Drive, Suite 215, Houston, TX 77007. Any questions, comments, or concerns? 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