Family Started Transitioning Child as a Baby
After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in U.S. v Skrmetti, the case that will determine whether states may ban transgender medical procedures for kids, one mother told The Daily Signal that her child began to transition as a baby. “She knew since birth,” Michelle Callahan-DuMont said of her 10-year-old, a biological male who […]
States Should Be Able to Protect Kids From Trans Procedures
Does the fact that cross-sex hormones affect children differently based on their sex make it unconstitutional for states to protect minors from transgender medical procedures? This is the key issue of the case heard Wednesday by the Supreme Court, says Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, a Republican who is the named respondent in United States […]
At SCOTUS, Protesters Face Off About Trans Procedures for Kids
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 transgender medical interventions for children. LGBTQ+ activists with the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal, the Human Rights Campaign, the Gender Liberation Movement, the Young Feminist Party, and other groups […]
Treatment for Eating Disorders Affecting LGBTQIA+ ‘Identities’ Gets Millions From Biden Admin
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Biden-Harris administration has granted millions of dollars in funding for a virtual treatment that aims to help cure eating disorders by “affirming” LGBTQIA+ patients’ sexual orientation and gender claims. The U.S. National Institutes of Health awarded Auburn University Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences Tiffany Brown and San Diego State University Professor of Psychology Aaron […]
CDC Abortion Report Shows Progress, Challenges in Post-Roe America
Pro-life laws in some states are saving lives, according to the annual “Abortion Surveillance” report released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC’s report covers 2022. Roughly half of it accounts for abortion under the Roe v. Wade regime, before the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 ruling that allowed abortion […]
Supreme Court Case Exposes Transgender Medical Scandal
It’s hard to wrap your head around just how grotesque it is that many medical associations and the federal government have adopted the idea that it’s healthy to sterilize children in an attempt to “affirm” a stated transgender identity. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will shed much-needed sunlight on this medical scandal of epic proportions. […]
Lessons Learned From COVID Debacle
One of the top domestic policy challenges facing the incoming Trump administration is the fundamental reform of federal public health agencies. President Donald Trump and his new team can draw upon a treasure trove of congressional findings. For example, the House subcommittee on oversight and investigations (a panel of the Energy and Commerce Committee) has […]
24 Veterans Groups Rip VA for Hindering Community Care for Vets
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A group of 24 veterans organizations signed a letter slamming the Department of Veteran Affairs under Secretary Denis McDonough’s leadership for allegedly stonewalling veterans’ access to timely medical care when the VA bureaucracy fails to meet their needs. The letter, which was sent Monday and obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation, accused […]
Disrupting the Health Agencies Will Save American Lives
The public health establishment and left-wing media are rushing to discredit President-elect Donald Trump’s picks to lead health agencies. The New York Times smears them as “outside the medical mainstream.” Circling the wagons, Dr. Paul Offit, a current adviser to the Food and Drug Administration, lamely observes, “What they’re saying when they make these appointments […]
US Health Establishment ‘Deserves’ Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Rx
I don’t always agree with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, but I can’t help but feel a bit of healthy schadenfreude at the prospect of America’s corrupt health care establishment getting the bitter taste of well-deserved disruptive medicine. Kennedy isn’t exactly a conservative. […]