CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 5, 2024
THE SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS TODAY THAT THE 14TH AMENDMENT MEANS A STATE CANNOT BAN TRANSGENDER HORMONE TREATMENTS FOR ADOLESCENTS. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WILL ARGUE THIS.
THE CASE IS BASED ON A TENNESSE LAW THAT PROHIBITS SUCH TREATMENTS. A NUMBER OF OTHER STATES HAVE SIMILAR LAWS.
PEOPLE WITH GENDER DYSPHORIA NEED HELP, BUT NOT THE KIND OF HELP THE GOVERNMENT WILL ARGUE. FEW PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO HAVE TRIED CHANGING THEIR GENDERS AND REGRETTED IT. MANY CAN NO LONGER HAVE CHILDREN AND ARE SCARRED FOR LIFE. WHAT DOES A TEENAGER KNOW ABOUT SUCH THINGS? THE CULTURE HAS PRESSURED MANY KIDS TO DO THIS IRREVERSABLE SURGERY. IT’S THE SAME WITH ABORTION. WE ALMOST NEVER HEAR ABOUT WOMEN WHO REGRET HAVING HAD ONE – OR MORE – AND WISH THEY HAD BEEN TOLD ABOUT ALTERNATIVES. AGAIN, PRESSURE FROM CULTURE, OR FAMILY MEMBERS, OR THE LIE THEIR LIVES WILL BE BETTER, EITHER BY KILLING THEIR BABY, OR CHANGING GENDERS.
ONE HOPES THAT WITH A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY ON THE SUPREME COURT, SANITY WILL PREVAIL, BUT LOOKING FOR SANITY IN TODAY’S CULTURE, AND ESPECIALLY IN WASHINGTON, IS OFTEN A LONELY SEARCH. I’M CAL THOMAS.
