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Gender Transition and Suicide: Guest Column

Jun 4, 2024John StonestreetLGBTLGBT, Transgender

A new study published last month found that those who undergo so-called “gender transition” surgery are far more likely to attempt suicide than those who do not: over 12 times more likely, in fact. The data surveys millions of patients over the course of 20 years, from 2003 to 2023.

The data exposes just how evil it is for counselors and activists to pressure parents into “affirming” their children’s dysphoria, especially with the manipulative question, “Would you rather have a live son or a dead daughter?”

And yet, shockingly, the researchers concluded the results “underlin[ed] the necessity for comprehensive post-procedure psychiatric support.” Really? It doesn’t underscore that these surgeries should stop? Or at the very least, that there should be sufficient pre-procedure psychiatric support instead of fast-tracking people down this dangerous line?

This study adds to a growing list of evidence that gender transition interventions, whether social, surgical or chemical, are neither cure nor care for those—especially children—struggling with gender dysphoria.

Voluntary Sterilization on the Rise Post-Dobbs: Guest Column

May 28, 2024John StonestreetLifeAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

Last month, medical researchers published a paper analyzing data on “permanent contraceptive procedures” among 18- to 30-year-olds. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the landmark Dobbs case, the number of both men and women aged 18 to 30 who pursue sterilization—of their own accord, for no medically necessary reason—is on the rise. And more women are pursuing these procedures than men. In the month immediately following the Dobbs decision, the number of young women who got tubal ligations jumped by over 20%. Since then, the number of additional women getting tubal ligations each month has almost doubled.

And yet, “sterilization regret” is also on the rise. According to one study, women who undergo tubal ligations before age 30 are eight times more likely to undergo a reversal or pursue in vitro fertilization.

The legacy of Roe v. Wade was to reduce sex to entertainment and see kids as a burden. To build a better future after Roe, we must help the next generation discover the beauty of life.

Nine Pro-Life Advocates Face Prison: Guest Column

May 24, 2024John StonestreetAbortionAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

Last week, pro-life advocate Lauren Handy was sentenced to four years and nine months of prison time. Two others received lesser sentences, and nine in all have been convicted for obstructing “reproductive health services” in violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. They were arrested during a protest at a notorious late-term abortion clinic in Washington, D.C., in October 2020.

Terissa Bukovinac, founder of the protest’s sponsoring organization, Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, called the arrest and conviction “a new level of tyranny,” pointing out:

There is no other social justice movement in our nation [whose] activists are subject to years in federal prison for nonviolent resistance. This blatant viewpoint discrimination has incalculable consequences for babies, their parents, those who defend them, and for peaceful activists across movements worldwide. I continue to stand by Lauren and the other 8 defendants who risked their freedoms to stand in defense of the least of us.