Ohio SAFE Act hearings - Commentary: Rep Click Intro - Part 1/2

Review and Commentary on Rep Gary Click's introduction to Ohio HB-454, also known as the Save Adolescence From Experimentation, or SAFE ACT.

The act deals with limiting medical and surgical transition of minors in the state of Ohio. The bill did not make it out of committee, however the discussions by various witnesses and committee members were an excellent review of all sides of the issue.

In this first episode, parent and witness to the proceedings, Jeannette Cooper, joins us to review the introductory statement and Q&A Session from 17 Feb, 2022.

Official HB-454 Documents and sourcefiles: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/134/hb454

INDEX:
00:00 Start
00:31 Introduction
02:45 Jeannette Cooper
08:03 The legislative process
09:37 Click Clip 1
12:08 Special Interest Groups
15:36 Children age and consent
19:42 Competing Ideologies
21:57 Childhood Development and influence
23:01 Stereotypes define or expand gender
25:47 Dynamic Human Experience
27:22 Child with Dysphoria vs Trans-kid
28:16 What is Governments Role
32:01 Medicine has messed up before
38:38 Click Clip 2
40:09 Click did his homework
42:47 Click understood the controversial nature
43:45 This is not a partisan issue
49:23 Click Clip 4
53:03 Weak Evidence and Faulty Assumptions
56:04 Cascade Iatrogenesis
57:40 Watchful Waiting is now impossible
59:37 LGBT community is mixed on this issue
01:03:48 On the term - Transgender
01:06:39 Identity Foreclosure
01:09:49 Click Clip 4
01:10:47 Intersex
01:12:46 Click - comorbidities
01:16:52 Comorbidities
01:19:54 Affirmation trumps all other therapies
01:21:32 Integration vs rumination
01:24:55 Victimhood
01:27:39 Sexual Abuse
01:28:54 Conversion therapy
01:41:53 Click - Affirmation is coercive
01:43:16 Suicidality and Consent
01:51:56 Watchful waiting and Exploratory Therapy
01:53:16 Manipulation in retrospect
01:54:32 Urgency of Suicide
01:56:21 Social Media effects
01:58:09 Social Cultural Context
01:59:57 Click - Watchful Waiting and the Experts
02:04:30 Heterodox Experts
02:09:09 Gender Dysphoria vs Disorder
02:14:59 Teens and competency
02:22:47 Complexities of Informed Consent
02:28:59 Consent in psychological conditions
02:33:47 Q&A intro
02:34:38 Rep Liston Question
02:37:44 Discussion
02:45:24 Rep Liston Followup
02:46:51 Discussion
02:53:57 Rep Liston Followup #2
02:55:41 Discussion
02:58:54 Rep Humphries Question
03:02:05 Discussion

Stay Tuned for Part 2!