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The Left Is Wrong: Trans Suicides Surge Following 'Gender-Affirming' Surgeries, Study Shows

 By Isa Ryan  April 19, 2024 at 2:01pm
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It has become a common talking point from the left that so-called “gender-affirming care” is desperately necessary for transgender-identifying individuals, even life-saving.

How many Americans take this emphatic statement at face value without considering the data that exists on the topic?

Does “gender-affirming care” really prevent suicide?

The Activists’ Claims

While suicide ideation rates are inarguably high among individuals who identify as transgender, the left often touts subtly misleading stats to bolster the highly problematic appeal to emotion inherent in the argument that “gender-affirming care” saves lives.

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Isa Ryan
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Isa is a homemaker, homeschooler, and writer who lives in the Ozarks with her husband and two children. After being raised with a progressive atheist worldview, she came to the Lord as a young woman and now has a heart to restore the classical Christian view of femininity.
Isa is a homemaker, homeschooler, and writer who lives in the Ozarks with her husband and two children. After being raised with a progressive atheist worldview, she came to the Lord as a young woman and now has a heart to restore the classical Christian view of femininity.




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