Tag: Rachel Levine

As Europe Retreats From Gender Affirmative Care, US Rushes Forward: Psychiatrist

Tavistock Center’s Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), the United Kingdom’s first and largest gender clinic for children, is scheduled to close in 2023. The closure of Tavistock’s gender identity clinic comes after the publication of an independent review funded by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). The report cited a lack of conclusive evidence about…


Pennsylvania Taxpayers Have Paid $16 Million for Childhood Sex Reassignment Treatments

Switching genders is expensive. But low-income children in Pennsylvania are covered under medical assistance through the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Pennsylvania taxpayers have unknowingly paid more than $16 million under Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration to fund sex reassignment and gender transition services for children. Each year since 2015, when Wolf took office, state…


Satire Website’s Twitter Account Locked Over Calling Biological Male a Man

A satire website saw its Twitter account locked because it posted its article describing a Biden administration health official as its “man of the year.” According to a notice sent to The Babylon Bee, the post violated Twitter’s rules against “hateful conduct.” The rules mean “you may not promote violence against, threaten, or harass other…


Biden’s Appointees: Diversity But Not Much Else

Commentary Dr. Rachel Levine’s nomination to be assistant secretary of Health and Human Services is being hailed as “historic” by Democrats and the media, solely because Levine is transgender. That’s crazy. Her own sexual identity should be irrelevant. What’s needed, especially during the pandemic, is competence. Levine lacks it. As Pennsylvania health secretary, Levine was…


Biden Nominee Rachel Levine Was a Disaster in Pennsylvania. Now She’s Headed to Washington.

Commentary On Jan. 19, it was announced that Joe Biden planned to nominate Rachel Levine, the Pennsylvania (PA) secretary of health, for the position of assistant secretary of health in the Department of Health and Human Services. This is potentially good news for Pennsylvanians, who will finally be rid of her after having had to endure…


Rachel Levine Was a Disaster in Pennsylvania But Is Now Headed to Washington

Commentary On Jan. 19, it was announced that Joe Biden planned to nominate Rachel Levine, the Pennsylvania (PA) secretary of health, for the position of assistant secretary of health in the Department of Health and Human Services. This is potentially good news for Pennsylvanians, who will finally be rid of her after having had to endure…