Researchers Say People With Eating Disorders are Dying from Assisted Suicide

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A recent column in The Wall Street Journal highlights how people with eating disorders are dying from assisted suicide in states and countries where the practice is legal.

Alexander Raikin with the Ethics and Public Policy Center writes:

We have Oregon’s 2021 annual report on assisted suicide and correspondence with Colorado’s Vital Statistics Program, published in a 2024 peer-reviewed article by Chelsea Roff, which confirm that anorexia has been reported as the primary qualifying illness for assisted suicide. We also have a case study by Jennifer Gaudiani—an eating-disorder specialist and assisted suicide clinician in Colorado—on two of her patients with eating disorders who were prescribed assisted suicide.

The 2024 peer-reviewed article he cited found, “Assisted dying for reasons solely related to an eating disorder (ED) has occurred in multiple countries, including those which restrict the practice to individuals with a terminal condition.”

Researchers also identified at least 60 patients with eating disorders who underwent assisted suicide between 2012 and 2024. Although these people were supposed to have illnesses that were terminal, incurable, or untreatable, researchers said gaps in the data on assisted suicide raised “substantial concerns about oversight and public safety” and that in many cases the reasons for justifying assisted suicide were invalid.

Experience has shown that assisted suicide doesn’t help people who are sick and dying.

In parts of the U.S. where physician-assisted suicide is legal, insurance companies have refused to pay for patients’ medical care, but have offered to cover assisted suicide drugs.

Patients in Europe and Canada reportedly have been denied care or actively euthanized as a result of assisted suicide laws.

Stories like these are part of the reason why Family Council has strongly opposed assisted suicide legislation in Arkansas.

Being pro-life means believing innocent human life is sacred from conception until natural death.

Just like abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide violate the sanctity of innocent human life.

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This Week: Assisted Suicide, Marijuana, Sex-Change Procedures, and More

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Here’s a quick recap of the week’s top stories from Family Council and our friends:

From Family Council

Federal Regulators Uncover Debanking: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released a report last month confirming that America’s nine largest banks systematically debanked customers over their political beliefs. Keep Reading.

Assisted Suicide Devastating Canada: A new video out of Canada shows once again the harm that assisted suicide and euthanasia cause. Keep Reading.

Canadian Woman Seeks Assisted Suicide After Years Without Medical Care: News outlets report a Canadian woman is seeking assisted suicide after being unable to receive the medical treatment she desperately needs for eight years. Keep Reading.

Sports Betting Continues Corrupting College Athletics: Recent NCAA investigations reveal how sports betting is threatening the integrity of college athletic programs across the nation. Keep Reading.

Researchers Link Marijuana to Teen Psychiatric Emergencies: A new study from Massachusetts General Hospital shows teen psychiatric emergencies spiked after marijuana commercialization began in the state. Keep Reading.

Federal Officials Act to Protect Children from Sex-Change Procedures: The week before Christmas, federal officials announced steps to protect children from sex-change surgeries, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones. Keep Reading.

From Our Friends

Liberating Venezuela. From Breakpoint.

Leaders of Five Medical Groups Ask Trump to Review Dangerous Abortion Pill. From LifeNews.

X’s ‘Grok’ Generates Pornographic Images of Real People on Demand. From Daily Citizen.

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Federal Officials Act to Protect Children from Sex-Change Procedures

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The week before Christmas, federal officials announced steps to protect children from sex-change surgeries, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it would propose a series of regulatory actions to protect children from these dangerous procedures.

Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., issued an official declaration, saying:

Sex-rejecting procedures for children and adolescents are neither safe nor effective as a treatment modality for gender dysphoria, gender incongruence, or other related disorders in minors, and therefore, fail to meet professional recognized standards of health care. For the purposes of this declaration, “sex rejecting procedures” means pharmaceutical or surgical interventions, including puberty blockers, cross sex hormones, and surgeries such as mastectomies, vaginoplasties, and other procedures, that attempt to align an individual’s physical appearance or body with an asserted identity that differs from the individual’s sex.

The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will also release a notice of proposed rulemaking to prevent hospitals from receiving Medicaid and Medicare funds if they perform sex-rejecting procedures on children.

All of this is really good news.

Public health experts and policymakers in the U.S., the U.K., Sweden, Finland, and other nations have found that science simply does not support giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to kids. These drugs and procedures carry serious risks — including infertility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone density, and cardiovascular problems.

Whistleblowers have come forward to testify about how they were rushed through gender transitions as children without understanding the procedures’ risks, consequences, or alternatives.

Today we know pro-LGBT activists and medical organizations have been citing each other’s work in a circular pattern for years, manufacturing a fake consensus to support their agenda.

For the past 12 months, federal officials have consistently worked to protect children from these dangerous procedures.

Last year, President Trump issued an executive order prohibiting federal funding from being used for sex-change procedures on kids, and the federal government is expected to propose new rules that could help protect children from sex-change procedures nationwide.

Over the summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a public inquiry into whether U.S. doctors and clinics may have deceived parents and children about the risks of these procedures. The U.S. Department of Justice also subpoenaed doctors and medical facilities involved in performing sex-change procedures on minors.

In September, the U.S. Department of Justice sent Congress the federal Victims of Chemical or Surgical Mutilation Act. The proposed federal law would generally prevent doctors, hospitals, and clinics from performing sex-change surgeries on children or giving them puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones.

In 2021, lawmakers in Arkansas passed the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act. This good law generally prohibits doctors from performing sex-change procedures on children or giving them puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. The SAFE Act was upheld in federal court last year and is protecting children in Arkansas right now.

It’s good to see federal officials taking serious steps to protect children from sex-rejecting procedures.

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