Harry Enten

Because it relates exactly to your field and what's going on.

the bone density aspects of puberty blocking drugs, how it's, you know, off label FDA, stuff like that.

Like kids are taking these things and it's like, there are reper ramifications for taking these drugs, right?

Hey, thank you for having me and putting a spotlight on this.

Well, I'm a teacher, and I've got to say that it's an exceptional experience to be able to watch a young person grow up.

You feel old, but when your young people in ninth grade and middle school become adults, it's quite the thing to see.

And so I've been really deliberating on this since about 10 years ago.

I had a student in ninth grade who wanted to change her name in class.

And so now in an elected office, I've become very convicted because the more you learn about gender theory in particular and how embedded it's become,

in our sex ed curriculums and in our culture, it becomes very unnerving that young people are being taught that they can be born wrong.

And that's contrary to me as a teacher.

What I believe is that young people are marvelously made and wonderfully made and that they need to be able to accept what they've been given and utilize their talents accordingly.

And so that's really what has driven me.

And then the more that I've pushed

on this and the more that I've inquired, the more people said, well, we trust these experts, you know, trust the science.

And I was elected in 2019 and 2020 came along and I raised an eyebrow around the trust the experts phrase.

And so I started really digging into this and came to find that a lot of people opposed my bills for no good reason.

And a lot of folks said, well, you're not a doctor, Brad, even though I talked to a lot of them.

And well, the AMA supports this.

And so I went to the AMA and started to talk to their experts and came to find that they have no idea what they're talking about.