The article discusses the claim that youth who are denied gender transition will face higher suicide risks. This perspective has influenced perspectives on gender medicine for years. However, during a Supreme Court hearing, ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio admitted that there is no evidence supporting the idea that medical transitioning effectively reduces suicide rates among adolescents. The article highlights how this emotive argument oversimplifies a complex issue, prompting a re-examination of claims made in favor of youth gender medicine.
When Justice Samuel Alito challenged the ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio on such claims during oral arguments, Strangio made a startling admission. He conceded that there is no evidence to support the idea that medical transition reduces adolescent suicide rates.
But there is a huge problem with this emotive formulation: It isn't true. The same idea—that the choice is transition or death—appeared in the arguments made by Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration's solicitor general, before the Supreme Court last year.
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