{"id":1687211,"date":"2022-10-12T20:34:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T00:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1687211"},"modified":"2022-10-12T20:35:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T00:35:11","slug":"pediatrician-slams-gender-affirming-doctor-glorifying-teen-suicide-at-pediatric-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pediatrician-slams-gender-affirming-doctor-glorifying-teen-suicide-at-pediatric-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Pediatrician Slams Gender Affirming Doctor \u2018Glorifying\u2019 Teen Suicide At Pediatric Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpediatrician-slams-gender-affirming-doctor-glorifying-teen-suicide-at-pediatric-conference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1687211&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/alabama\">Alabama<\/a>-based pediatrician \u201cglorified\u201d teen suicide during a panel talk at the American Academy of Pediatrics annual conference in Southern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Video of the disturbing commentary surfaced online on Tuesday of Dr. Morissa Ladinsky, professor of Pediatrics at the University of Alabama, describing the suicide of a trans-identified teen as a gesture of bravery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd in the final days of 2014 \u2026 a local 16-year-old young lady, Leelah Alcorn, of trans experience, stepped boldly in front of a tractor-trailer, ending her life,\u201d said Ladinsky, referring to trans-identified male Alcorn using female pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer suicide note, written to post on social media about an hour after her death, went viral around the world. Now, Leelah was not my patient. But I took care of hundreds of her classmates at Kings Mills High School. But each day, on the way to work, I passed that spot \u2014 where this teen boldly ended her life,\u201d Ladinsky said, twice referring to the teen\u2019s tragic death as a \u201cbold\u201d act.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s my iPhone video of Dr. Ladinsky glorifying suicide in a 16 year old. In case you were thinking I misunderstood. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zrlSU2puVZ\">pic.twitter.com\/zrlSU2puVZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julia Mason MS MD (@JuliaMasonMD1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuliaMasonMD1\/status\/1579975190012100608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/12\/31\/us\/ohio-transgender-teen-suicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Alcorn<\/a>, who called himself Leelah, was a male 16-year-old in Ohio who identified as transgender, and committed suicide by stepping in front of an oncoming semitrailer on a highway near his home. Activists frequently point to Alcorn\u2019s death as a justification for administering \u201cgender affirming care\u201d as suicide prevention, a myth that has been debunked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realityslaststand.com\/p\/pediatric-gender-medicine-and-the\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data analysis<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventscribe.net\/2022\/AAPexperience\/agenda.asp?pfp=BrowsebyDay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">session<\/a>, hosted by Ladinsky and Dr. Raymond Catteneo, an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, was called \u201cStanding up for Gender-Affirming Care in the Statehouse, Courts, and Places of Employment.\u201d The American Academy of Pediatrics held its annual conference at the Anaheim Convention Center on Oct 7-11.<\/p>\n<p>Portland-based pediatrician Dr. Julia Mason attended the conference and shared the clip she took on her phone with her followers on Twitter. \u201cGlorifying suicide is unprofessional and dangerous,\u201d said Mason of Ladinsky\u2019s comments. Mason has been an outspoken critic of \u201cgender affirming care\u201d and the rush to medicalize children and adolescents who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hospitals-clinics-are-promoting-services-to-gender-nonconforming-kids-here-are-47-of-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">do not conform<\/a> to sex-based stereotypes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs pediatricians, we\u2019ve forgotten what we\u2019ve been taught about childhood development,\u201d Mason continued. \u201cWe\u2019ve forgotten what we\u2019ve been taught about suicide prevention. We\u2019re ignoring what our colleagues in Sweden &#038; Finland &#038; the United Kingdom have realized. We\u2019re concretizing gender ideation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mason was one of five AAP members to request a thorough and systematic evaluation of the available evidence to update the AAP\u2019s 2018 policy that uncritically endorses \u201cgender-affirmation\u201d care, while rejecting other forms of treatment for minors experiencing gender distress, including the more cautious \u201cwatchful waiting\u201d approach.<\/p>\n<p>The formal request, called Resolution #27, was submitted in March. In response, the AAP made a new rule that shut down member comments, preventing pediatricians from contributing to the discussion, and stifling debate of the AAP\u2019s controversial policy.<\/p>\n<p>Mason helped form the Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine (<a href=\"https:\/\/segm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEGM<\/a>), an international group of over 100 clinicians and researchers who advocate for a \u201csafe, compassionate, ethical and evidence-informed healthcare for children, adolescents, and young adults with gender dysphoria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a free hotline for individuals in crisis or distress or for those looking to help someone else. It is available 24\/7 at 1-800-273-8255.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Alabama-based pediatrician \u201cglorified\u201d teen suicide during a panel talk at the American Academy of Pediatrics annual conference in Southern California on Saturday. Video of the disturbing commentary surfaced online on Tuesday of Dr. Morissa Ladinsky, professor of Pediatrics at the University of Alabama, describing the suicide of a trans-identified teen as a gesture of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1890227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1687211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pediatrician-slams-gender-affirming-doctor-glorifying-teen-suicide-at-pediatric-conference","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1687211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1687211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1687211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1687211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}