CNN’s Brianna Keilar argued Wednesday that some transgender children can fully understand the possible long-term effects. effects of gender transition treatments such as infertility or an increased risk of heart attacks.
Kristen Wagoner, president of Alliance Defending Freedom, spoke with Keilar about the Supreme Court’s oral arguments USA vs Skrmettia case involving Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and transgender surgeries for minors. ADL is a Christian legal organization that represents other states with similar cases.
Despite the topic being about trans minors, Keilar repeatedly tried to claim, “It’s not just the children that ADF focuses on,” but also trans adults, which Wagoner denied.
The host also asked, “Does it ever cross your mind that these anti-trans laws and positions won’t age well?”
CNN host Brianna Keilar pressed ADF President Kristen Wagoner over a recent Supreme Court case banning transgender treatments for children. (CNN screenshot)
“I think a lot of people are confused about this issue,” Keilar continued. “They don’t know where they stand. But where is the room for a conversation about this?”
“And I think it’s great that we’re having one now in terms of a conversation and that’s what today was about. Because the ACLU and the Biden administration have taken this issue to the U.S. Supreme Court and said there is no room for this debate,” Wagoner said.
Wagoner called out the ACLU and the Biden administration for their efforts to “constitutionalize all of American life” by claiming that children have a constitutional right to receive transitional procedures, adding that children are likely unaware of future adverse implications.
“What child, what girl, knows whether she wants a baby long term, what testosterone will do to her uterus, or whether she will increase her risk of a heart attack by taking medication?” Wagoner asked.
“Some do,” Keilar interjected.
“No, no…” Wagoner replied, shaking his head.
‘None of them? None of them?’ Keilar said.
Activists for and against trans rights protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court before the start of the United States v. Skrmetti case on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“What we know from science, and again, it’s about not putting ideology over evidence. And that’s what’s happening here. 85% of all children who are able to grow through puberty who say they are gender confused , more than 85% of children Those children live in peace with their bodies and in accordance with their gender. For those children who are given puberty blockers, science tells us that you put them on a one-way treadmill to otherwise act as the opposite sex. of their lives, and they will still experience being a lifelong patient,” Wagoner responded.
Wagoner told it too Fox News digital“It is radical to suggest that children can consent to dangerous procedures that prevent the normal and healthy development of their bodies and often result in irreversible and tragic consequences. While common sense tells us this, so does science. Evidence-based medicine should trump gender ideology.”
Waggoner’s “CNN News Central” segment came the day after trans ACLU attorney Chase Strangiowho argued the case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, acknowledged that minors cannot consent to these types of procedures.
ACLU attorney Chase Strangio appeared on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper” on Tuesday. (CNN screenshot)
“What is happening here is not the children agreeing to this treatment. It is the parents who agree to the treatment,” Strangio said on Tuesday. “And as a parent I would say: when our children suffer, we suffer. And these are parents who love their children, who listen to the advice of their doctors from the mainstream medical community and do what is right for their children. , and the State of Tennessee has rejected their judgment.”
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