A controversial bill in the Ohio House would prohibit LGBTQ+ youth from receiving most gender-affirming health care, but there is a lot of misinformation surrounding the bill.
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It would require counselors and educators to disclose to parents if their child is questioning their gender.Public funding would be taken away from institutions that provide care for transgender young people. Insurance providers and Medicaid would not cover gender-affirming procedures for minors.Cam Ogden, like many other young LGBTQ+ kids and teens have, said she has gone through trauma with not feeling safe in her identity.
To evaluate the claims that were made by supporters during the bill's second hearing, News 5 reached out to Dr. Anjali Ferguson. "The evidence shows that the suicide rate on either side of these treatments, whether before the treatment or after, is about the same," Baer said."About 45% of LGBTQ youth have actually considered attempting suicide," she said."When you receive gender-affirming care, it actually reduces that risk by half — so individuals who received gender-affirming care attempt suicide at less than half the rate of those that do not.
Bill supporters include the Center for Christian Virtue, Catholic Conference of Ohio, the Alliance Defending Freedom and more conservative groups. By referencing dangerous drugs, Baer is referring to hormone blockers and hormone replacement therapy. "Common hormonal medications used off-label include norethindrone, a progesterone analog used off-label for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding in those with polycystic ovarian syndrome," they listed."It is also used to treat endometriosis, which is a painful inflammatory condition."
"Gen-Z is fantastic in their openness and expression of their gender identities and the fluidity of that process," she said."I think that flexibility and understanding is something that us older generations just have to grapple with, we just didn't have the same conversations, have the same resources.But with this increased number of people identifying as queer, another claim that has popped up is that being transgender is"trendy" now.
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