Re: Opposition strategy outlined in article. Have suggestoins?

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Re: Opposition strategy outlined in article. Have suggestoins?
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Yes, agree.
On the suicide argument:
South Dakota Kids who are suicidal need immediate and proper mental healthcare. Hormones and surgeries are not
mental healthcare at all, but in fact make the situation far worse.
We know that in the Uk’s Tavistock gender identity service kids on puberty blockers reported greater self harm and
girls exhibited more behavioral and emotional problems. [1]
High dose sex steroids like testosterone have been shown to lead to an increase in the presentation and severity of
psychiatric illness, including psychotic symptoms. [2]
And in Sweden, 30 years of population data of the entire nation showed that even after hormones and genital
surgeries the suicide rate was a massive 19 times higher than the general Swedish population. [3]
Read the labeling of the puberty blocker Lupron, there is a very clear warning:
"Psychiatric events have been reported in patients taking GnRH agonists including LUPRON DEPOT-PED. Monitor for
development or worsening of psychiatric symptoms during treatment". [4]
These drugs and procedures are extremely hazardous for South Dakota kids. They will only add fuel to a very
dangerous fire.
1. Michael Biggs. "Tavistock’s Experimentation with Puberty Blockers: Scrutinizing the Evidence". Transgender Trend.
March 2, 2019.
2. Hall Ryan CW, Hall Richard CW, Chapman MJ. "Psychiatric Complications of Anabolic Steroid Abuse". Psychosomatics

46:4, July-August 2005.
3. Dhejne C, Lichtenstein P, Boman M, Johansson AL, Niklas Långström, Land´en M. Long-term follow-up of transsexual
persons undergoing sex reassignment surgery: cohort study in Sweden. PLoS One. 2011;6(2):e16885.
4. LUPRON DEPOT-PED labeling. Accessed 01/16/2020.
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2017/020263s042lbl.pdf

-Mike

On 2020-01-16 05:55, Natasha Chart wrote:
Agreed.
On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 8:33 AM <drmcretella@gmail.com> wrote:
Let's Memorize Katherine's response and repeat it ad nauseam regardless the question or accusation. That is the
bottom line here. We must be bull dogs on this fact and principle.
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On Jan 16, 2020, at 7:59 AM, Kelsey Coalition <kelseycoalition@gmail.com> wrote:
No doctor or parent has a right to subject a child to a life-altering medical experiment with unknown long-term
consequences. Without this ban in place, SD will follow what is already happening in other states: minors who
successfully sue in court to obtain this supposedly "life-saving" medical intervention. And when they grow up
with irreversible regret, who will be liable? The state.
This ban is also important to prevent custody battles. We have several parents who have reached out to the KC
because of a former spouse who is intent on medicalizing their child. Finding an attorney to help is nearly as
difficult as finding a therapist. And even when they do, who knows how a judge will rule? Banning these
procedures will take these serious medical decisions away from misinformed judges.
The claim that this is lifesaving medically necessary intervention is the big unchallenged domino that is
driving both the legal and medical scandal. This is an oft-repeated claim with no support and it must be
confronted directly.

On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 6:47 PM Natasha Chart <natasha.chart@gmail.com> wrote:
The ACLU have done as much as anyone could to make sure it's impossible to define a class of persons under these
laws.
On Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 5:22 PM <drmcretella@gmail.com> wrote:
Mike,
Look at the medical claim in that "legal" ACLU quote; it is false on multiple grounds

"no such thing as a medically diagnosable group of trans anybody; we are talking about minors! blockers, wrong
sex hormones and surgical mutilation are never medically necessary in minors!"
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On Jan 15, 2020, at 5:00 PM, David Pickup <davidpickuplmft@gmail.com> wrote:
Translation..."It's ok to harm boys by removing body parts because at least we're preserving a class of
people." This is the height of political correctness.
David Pickup, LMFT-S

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On Jan 15, 2020, at 3:56 PM, Michael Laidlaw <mike@drlaidlaw.com> wrote:
"The ACLU of SD said in a statement that it's unconstitutional to single out one group of people and categorically ban all care, no matter how medically necessary".
Legal experts have an opinion on that statement?
-Mike
On 2020-01-15 11:59, Fred Deutsch wrote:
Updated and expanded article from our state's largest paper. Many of the lines of thought the oppositions will use is outlined in the article. Let me know any recommendations
you may have to counter. - Fred

https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/15/south-dakota-legislature-bill-would-punish-doctors-who-perform-sex-reassignment-surgeries-lgbt/4476342002/

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