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SomewhereInTheMiddle

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4. I hope that this becomes our main response ...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 04:45 AM

Jan 7

Out of a total US teen population of 25.8 million* there were only an estimated 34,000 teens** prescribed puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormones.

While these teens need our care and protection, they are a minuscule proportion of all US teens. This is not a common, much less ubiquitous, occurrence. And it need not dominate our state or national policy discussions when there are issues that impact a majority of Americans of all ages like the lack of affordable healthcare and the ongoing climate crisis.

* https://www.statista.com/statistics/457786/number-of-children-in-the-us-by-age/
** (25.8 million * 0.1%) + 35% (to account for uninsured teens)

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Less than 0.1% of U.S. minors take gender-affirming medication, study finds [View all] BumRushDaShow Jan 6 OP

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It's a manufactured moral panic to distract from Project 2025 machinations behind the curtain. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 7 #3

I hope that this becomes our main response ... SomewhereInTheMiddle Jan 7 #4