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We ran the data on trans teen suicide panic — and found the claims are misleading

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“You can choose between a live son or a dead daughter.”

Countless parents have heard some variation of these words — from physicians, medical associations, media outlets or online activists. 

If children believe they’re born in the wrong body and can’t get sex-change treatments, the argument goes, they’re at high risk of committing suicide. 

No claim has swayed more parents to let their kids get puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and even surgeries.

The same claim has struck fear into the hearts of lawmakers considering restrictions on such treatments.

But as we show in a new report, the suicide threat isn’t true. 

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Protecting children from transgender treatments does not increase suicide rates — and our data proves it.

There’s no question that suicide is higher among children who believe they’re transgender, a heartbreaking reality that demands intervention. 

Kids who assert they’re “born in the wrong body” typically suffer from serious mental-health issues, including depression and anxiety, that are themselves linked to suicide risk. 

The CDC’s 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that 72% of transgender-identified high-school students reported........

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