Dr. Jill Simons
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First, thanks for having me on, Steve.
And also my deepest condolences to the families who lost children in this tragedy, including the Shooters family and the whole Annunciation family and my greater Catholic family here in Minnesota.
But he's right.
Greg Gutfeld is right that it is extremely cruel to tell a child that they're born in the wrong body and it's dishonest and it's malpractice.
And where do you go from there when you tell a child that?
So let me speak to the pediatricians because I think they are driving this, the doctors in my profession.
And many people are afraid to tread.
You know, they're not experts, so they don't want to comment.
I think that's maybe where it starts.
But my focus is on the pediatricians.
And we know, doctors know, we have the evidence.
These
So-called gender-affirming care treatments do not improve the mental health outcome of children suffering, questioning their sex.
They don't decrease suicides.
They just don't.
And we know that they harm.
So doctors know better.
Parents and everyone else comes to us for our expert opinion, our expert advice to tell them what to do for their child who is struggling.
And we need to be honest with these parents and these children.
You know, I tell...