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Gender transition procedures for minors receive increased scrutiny from emboldened GOP
According to medical nonprofit group Do No Harm, between 2019 and 2023, there were at least 13,394 gender reassignment procedures on individuals 17.5 years old or younger nationwide,…
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Seattle doctor rushing to do trans surgeries before Trump inauguration slammed in scathing ad campaign
Do No Harm, an advocacy group opposed to the performance of transgender surgeries on minors, launched a digital ad campaign largely centered in the Seattle area to…
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Boston U. ‘Queering Health’ class to teach ‘LGBTQ+ affirming therapies’
Ian Kingsbury, research director at Do No Harm, told The College Fix via a media statement that the course is politicizing medicine. “The politically coded language is a strong indication that this…
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Do No Harm sues Defense Dept officials, University of Colorado, for allegedly discriminating against white applicants for medical scholarships
Non-profit advocacy group Do No Harm (DNH) recently filed a lawsuit against the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons (SOMOS) on grounds that their E. Anthony Rankin Scholarship Program excludes white…
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Major Medical Association Pushes For DEI ‘To Be Embedded In Everything’
AAMC Director of Gender Equity Initiatives Diana Lautenberger said Thursday that the latest webinar was focused on “how do you really institutionalize allyship at your organization” and ”what allyship looks…
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Scholarship programs slapped with lawsuits for alleged discrimination against White men
Two scholarship programs for “underrepresented” minorities are being slapped with lawsuits for allegedly discriminating against White people. The nonprofit organization Do No Harm (DNH) is challenging the Society of Military Orthopaedic…
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US Medical Schools Cautiously Navigate Admissions in New Legal, Political Environment
Stanley Goldfarb, MD, chairman of Do No Harm, a legal activism and policy advocacy group opposed to DEI in healthcare, credited the Supreme Court decision for validating his organization’s work.
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‘Mount Rushmore Of DEI’: How A Major Academic Association Is ‘Destroying’ Medicine
Do No Harm, an organization devoted to de-politicizing medicine, published an exhaustive 80-page report on Tuesday documenting how the AAMC has integrated DEI into its influential academic programs…
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Opponents on minor gender dysphoria care feel medicine is on their side
The question before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday was whether a Tennessee law banning gender dysphoria treatment for minors is unconstitutional. On the steps was Dr. Jared Ross, a…
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Detransitioners, parents demand end to ‘butchery’ of children through sex-change surgeries
Former transgenders, parents and activists braved frigid temperatures on Wednesday morning to rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court to demand an end to the “butchery” and “trauma” of…
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Four Ways Trump Can Scrap Biden’s ‘Equity’ Discrimination And Promote Real Equality
What can the new administration do about these entrenched DEI programs? There are at least four critical steps Trump can take immediately to make good on campaign promises to vanquish…
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The real way to protect ‘trans kids’
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in United States v. Skrmetti, a case dealing with a Tennessee ban on transgender medical interventions for…
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Transgender youth doctor faces historic lawsuit: ‘Damage has been done’
Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy, a leading figure in the field of transgender procedures for minors, is facing a landmark lawsuit filed by a female detransitioner who says she has…
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GOP Tennessee AG reacts to oral arguments in Supreme Court transgender rights case: ‘Feel really good’
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said he’s feeling “really good” about the arguments delivered Wednesday before the Supreme Court in a case over transgender treatment. The historic case, United…
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What I Saw Outside the Supreme Court Amid Oral Arguments About Whether States Can Protect Minors from ‘Gender-Affirming Care’
About 1,000 transgender activists and parental rights champions rallied outside the Supreme Court as it heard oral arguments in a case that will decide whether states may ban …
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Supreme Court heard arguments on Tennessee ban on transgender care. What does the science say?
Last year, Tennessee banned doctors from medically slowing down a teenager’s puberty or giving them hormones or surgery to alter their gender. Families of transgender teens in the state sued…
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Transgender rights take center stage at the US Supreme Court. Here’s what to know
Among the groups backing Tennessee’s approach is Do No Harm, Inc., a conservative medical advocacy group whose chairman told CNN that while the organization doesn’t oppose gender-affirming care for adults,…
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Ben & Jerry’s promotes petition for ‘gender-affirming care’ before Supreme Court hearing
Ben & Jerry’s shared a petition from the American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday asking social media users to sign it to show their support for…
