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The "Transgender Kid" Myth Continues to Unravel
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Earlier this month, a UK court issued a landmark ruling in favor
of Kiera Bell, now 23, who sued Tavistock gender clinic for causing
permanent harm by prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones
to her when she was in her teens. The court ruled that minors under
the age of 16 are not able to consent to puberty blockers and
cross-sex hormones because they are not able to fully consider
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the life-long effects. As a result of the ruling, the clinic has
stopped referrals for children under the age of 16.
Shortly after the Tavistock ruling, a study was released showing that
all but one of the children who received puberty blockers at Tavistock
in 2011 went on to receive cross-sex hormones. Although Tavistock has
insisted that there is no link between the use of puberty blockers and
cross-sex hormones, and the transgender movement claims that puberty
blockers are nothing but a "pause" button, but the
evidence tells a different story.
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The vast majority of children who experience gender dysphoria will
outgrow it and become comfortable with their body by the time they
reach adulthood if they do not undergo social or medical
"transition." In contrast, 43 of the 44 children who were
put on puberty blockers at Tavistock in 2011 went on to receive
cross-sex hormones. "Far from being "neutral," the
psychosocial effects seem closer to radical," writes Abigail
Shrier. "Suppression of normal bone density development and
greater risk of osteoporosis, loss of sexual function, interference
with brain development, and possibly suppressing peak IQ are all risks
puberty blockers carry."
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Shrier also notes,
[Studies] show is that nearly all adolescents who identify as
transgender and are put on puberty blockers go on to take cross-sex
hormones in adulthood. Of course, that does not prove that these
adolescents "knew who they were"; at most, it proves that
if you medically halt a kid's puberty so that they do not obtain
secondary sex characteristics, while also socially affirming their new
gender identity, that adolescent will be less likely to later reverse
course.
Halting the natural development that happens during puberty is not
safe or neutral. It puts kids on course for cross-sex hormones and
life-long medical complications. Staff at Tavistock raised concerns
about what was going on at the clinic 15 years ago. Back in 2005, the
clinic had tens of clients per year and their youngest clients were
15. In the years since then, things have only become more lax, serving
thousands of clients per year, some as young as nine years old. Within
the past five years, the clinic saw a 400% increase in referrals.
Sadly, the clinic was not held responsible prior to Bell's
lawsuit. (. . . CONTINUE READING)
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Images of Babies in the Womb are Powerful - That's Why the
Abortion Industry Can't Stand Them
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In a recent column for Vice
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, a pro-abortion writer complained that the pro-life movement's
use of ultrasound imagery has "hijacked" and
"politicized" abortion. "Today, feminist movements
across the world are going up against imagery that associates
abortions with baby-killing," writes Amarans Eggeraat,
noting that the abortion movement has yet to find an equally powerful
image to support their movement. The abortion industry is not
"associated" with baby-killing because of the imagery used
by the pro-life movement; the abortion industry kills babies.
Ultrasound technology makes it impossible to argue that abortion is
nothing more than the removal of a "blob of tissue." By
giving us a glimpse into the womb, it draws attention to the horror of
abortion. Eggeraat is right that the abortion industry has never found
an equally compelling image. This is not because the pro-life movement
is being "unfair," but because there is no image and no
argument that justifies intentionally taking the life of an innocent
child.
It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and this
has proven true when it comes to abortion. Images of babies in the
womb are a stunning, silent rebuke of the abortion industry, forcing
us to see the devastating loss of human life that has taken place in
the US since
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Roe v. Wade. The tragic reality is that our society tolerates and even
celebrates the brutal murder of unborn children.
Eggeraat complains that images of unborn babies are misleading,
showing babies at a later stage in development than when most
abortions occur. But one of the most famous images of abortion, the
"precious feet" photograph shows a baby who was aborted at
just ten weeks. A child in the womb does not simply
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look like a tiny unborn child, as Eggeraat claims. He or she is a tiny
unborn child. If we are unmoved by images of unborn children who are
at risk of being aborted, then we have lost our humanity. (. . .
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Educating and Equipping Parents on the Transgender Trend
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The Parent Resource Guide sheds light on the consequences
transgender ideas have on kids' lives, while equipping parents to play
a positive role in creating a truly welcoming school community.
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