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Mad_Machine76

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4. Exactly

Reply to Hugh_Lebowski (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 29, 2023, 06:11 PM

Mar 2023

And by the same token if there are children in more progressive states receiving gender affirming care with few or no restrictions and are plainly and evidently NOT being harmed, then how the hell are they justifying these bans in the first place in other more restrictive states? Gender affirming care in Texas is not uniquely "harmful" in Texas than in, say, Illinois because it's all the same kind of treatments being offered.

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Which leads pretty logically to the question ... Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2023 #1

Exactly. A bullshit pandering to their intolerant voters law. Freethinker65 Mar 2023 #2

Exactly!!! Far too many republicans think they are medical experts in far too many areas. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2023 #3

They've gone from being experts in Gynocology Mad_Machine76 Mar 2023 #5

Excellent idea. And also millions Trump and DeSantis murdered, COVID-19 with their RKP5637 Mar 2023 #8

Exactly Mad_Machine76 Mar 2023 #4

There is no reason for this in any fashion or anyway LostOne4Ever Mar 2023 #6

Politicians need to stay out of the way between doctors and patients. Deuxcents Mar 2023 #7