Kansas City Star Helps Advocate For 'Gender-Affirming' Healthcare With Few Deets

Here's the context from a better report . . . 

Missouri officials investigate transgender youth clinic

Our take . . .

Reasonable people can disagree about rules and medical oversight for radical procedures tested out on youngsters in an admittedly new field. 

Meanwhile . . . We merely want to point out that this language HIGHLIGHTED BY THE NEWSPAPER is emotionally manipulative with very little detail . . . It's not a decent op/ed, it isn't going convince anyone and the newspaper does a DISSERVICE TO BOTH SIDES OF THE DEBATE by running it. 

The money line . . .

"Now I know that transgender kids, like all young people, have the best chance to thrive when they have the health care they need, and the support from adults they count on. Having health care providers who could understand and help my son was so important to our family. Because of that gender-affirming health care, my son can pursue his dreams. That’s what all kids deserve."

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