Outlier
What to know: The U.S. has become an outlier regarding treatment of gender dysphoria, a new report shows. European countries are urging caution when it comes to puberty blockers for children.
The TPPF take: States such as Texas and Florida are right to prohibit surgical and chemical modification of children.
“’Gender-affirming care’ sounds harmless and even positive,” says TPPF’s Robert Henneke. “Yet it covers horrific medical procedures on children that result in a lifelong need for treatments, sterility, and the inability to orgasm. More and more research documenting risks to the health of children and irreversible side effects associated with these treatments has led several European nations to reverse course on providing such care to minors.”
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Housing First
What to know: The federal homelessness policy that absolves those experiencing homelessness from personal responsibility is becoming a target of conservatives. It’s called “Housing First.”
The TPPF take: The left is dead wrong about what the homeless need.
“Advocates ignore the reasons at least three out of every four people experiencing homelessness end up sleeping on the sidewalks and asking passersby for cash: They suffer from untreated mental illness, drug or alcohol addiction, or both,” says TPPF’s Chuck DeVore. “Their chaotic, self-destructive behavior caused them to be unemployable, and they burned the bridges to their immediate family.”
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A Pretty Low Bar
What to know: At the most recent Princeton University graduation ceremony, Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber encouraged graduates to work toward two values the left has long ago set aside: freedom of speech and equality.
The TPPF take: Princeton has set a particularly low bar for freedom and equality.
“According to a survey of Princeton students conducted by Princetonians for Free Speech, an alumni group, ‘[t]hree-quarters (76%) of students say it’s always, sometimes, or rarely acceptable to shout down a speaker to prevent them from speaking on campus. By comparison, 44% of students say it’s acceptable to block other students from attending a campus speech in some instances and 16% say the same for using violence to stop a campus speech,’” says TPPF’s Tom Lindsay.
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