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Another Must to Read story from the Post Dispatch [1]
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Date: 2023-06-18
A small group of conservative doctors has sought to shape the nation's most contentious policies on abortion and transgender rights by promoting views rejected by the medical establishment as scientific fact, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post that describe the group's internal strategies.
Another group with outsize political influence on the Government by the Republican “less government” party restricting our freedom.
The organization has successfully lobbied since 2021 for laws in more than a half-dozen states that ban gender-affirming care for transgender youths, with its representatives testifying before state legislatures against the guidelines recommended by mainstream medical groups, according to its records. It gained further national prominence this year as one of the plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit to limit access to mifepristone, a key abortion drug.
It promotes conversion therapy, a discredited practice intended to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ people that most medical societies warn can result in harm.
The organization's quest to ban the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors has culminated in a string of recent legislative wins following lobbying in at least eight states, internal documents show.
The St. Louis metro area consists of multiple counties in Missouri and Illinois and has a large Catholic population. There are so many articles in the Post about the Church that you might think no other religions are represented in our area.
In fact, there is a very large Jewish community and many immigrants in our area from all over the world. Therefore many cultures and religion s are represented in the St. Louis area.
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