Trump Rule Could Force Washington, Oregon Hospitals to drop Dangerous Youth Gender Treatments

By Seattle Red Staff   

Proposed federal rules from the Trump administration could force hospitals in Washington and Oregon to abandon gender-related medical treatments for minors or risk losing billions in federal funding.

The policy, announced this week by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., [photo above] would cut off Medicare and Medicaid dollars to hospitals that continue offering puberty blockers, hormone therapies, or related interventions for minors. The move comes as so-called gender-affirming care has come under heightened scrutiny for providing therapy that can do more harm than good. The United Kingdom previously all-but banned puberty blockers for children.

According to the New York Times, Medicare and Medicaid together account for about 45 percent of hospital spending nationwide, making compliance less a policy choice than a financial necessity. Hospitals in the Pacific Northwest are especially vulnerable since the states promote so-called gender-affirming care for minors, regardless of how it can harm children.

The Night Australia Died

Rowan Dean

An obscene number of people were shot down in cold blood celebrating a Jewish holiday on the iconic and wonderful Bondi Beach, murdered most likely, by religious fanatics, possibly by people who came, or whose parents came, to this country and imported a toxic, deadly, and poisonous ideology.  

Nobody thought to stop them entering this country.  Nobody thought to question their fitness to be new Australian citizens.

We have seen this story play out in Europe, in Britain, and in the United States.

Many people now have blood on their hands.

Canada Euthanized a Record 16,499 Patients in 2024

A record 16,499 people died by euthanasia in Canada in 2024, accounting for 5.1% of all deaths in the country.

According to the latest report on “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD) from Health Canada released at the end of last month, there was a 6.9% increase in state-assisted deaths in Canada in 2024.

In 2024, although assisted suicide is permitted, in which the person who wishes to end their own life self-administers the lethal substance, there was not a single case of assisted suicide. Instead, every single person who died under Canada’s MAiD programme died by euthanasia. In 2023, there were fewer than five instances of assisted suicide.

There have been a total of 76,475 instances of euthanasia and assisted suicide since they were made legal in Canada in 2016.

NY Governor Kathy Hochul Seeks Changes to ‘Nightmare’ Assisted Suicide Bill

https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/ny-governor-kathy-hochul-seeks-changes-to-nightmare-assisted-suicide-bill/

New York Governor Kathy Hochul [pictured right] is requesting substantial changes to a “nightmare” bill that would turn New York into a destination state for physician-assisted suicide.

The New York Assembly approved the Medical Aid in Dying Act (AB 136) on April 29 in a 81-67 vote. The state Senate subsequently passed the bill on June 9 in a 35-27 vote.

The bill permits individuals with “an incurable and irreversible illness, with six months or less to live,” to kill themselves with a doctor’s help via a lethal cocktail of drugs.

Importantly, the bill currently contains no residency requirement, allowing terminally ill individuals from out of state to come to New York to end their lives. This provision would essentially ensure all Americans could access physician-assisted suicide.

The New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide has raised several additional concerns about the legislation, warning the bill would:

        *    Allow terminally ill persons to be prescribed lethal drugs without an in-person visit with a physician.

Washington State, State of Emergency

EVERETT WA. — Snohomish County awoke to more rain on Wednesday morning after the second surge of a large atmospheric river hit Tuesday night. County Executive Dave Somers declared a countywide emergency proclamation Tuesday evening, following flood warnings the National Weather Service has issued through the week to areas surrounding the Stillaguamish, Snohomish and Skykomish rivers.

The county is allowed to spend public funds to take “reasonable and prudent” measures to ensure resident safety, the release said. It also waives some administrative requirements to expedite response efforts and directs county departments to mitigate impacts on private and public property.

The Snohomish and Stillaguamish rivers dropped below flood levels Wednesday morning but are expected to surge again throughout Wednesday night and into Thursday. The Skykomish River was at major flood stage as of 9 a.m. Wednesday, and continues to rise through the day, the weather service said.

Check back in for updates as the weather system progresses....

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