Michelle Cretella, a Catholic pediatrician and past executive director of the American College of Pediatricians (ACP), told CNA that Do No Harm is “doing great work” and that the ACP “plans on approaching them for collaborative projects in the future.”
“As a Catholic physician I appreciate that their arguments are grounded in science and natural law,” Cretella said. “This approach is ideal for educating those who are not religious but [who] still question ‘woke culture’ and are open to ‘the law written on the heart,’ as St. Paul writes.”
The group also helps craft legislation at the state level, “including laws against ‘gender-affirming care’ and eliminating DEI provisions” in state medical programs. Goldfarb pointed to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s recent executive order that sought to eliminate DEI practices in state government. “We’ve been active in all those spheres,” Goldfarb said.
The doctor said the group is planning several efforts in the coming year, including more research initiatives as well as participation in crafting the “Detransitioners’ Bill of Rights.”
“There are a number of young people that have been seduced or coerced to alter their ‘gender,’” Goldfarb said, “and our bill of rights says that these individuals who have changed their minds … have certain rights, like getting medical care.”
“They have the right to sue when they’ve been injured by physicians who have not given them the ability to really understand what they’ve committed to once they start down these medical pathways.”
The group is already making waves in 2024, including with a lawsuit against the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, which had launched a medical scholarship to which white applicants were barred from applying. The association appeared to scrub the scholarship from its website after Do No Harm filed the suit.
Racial discrimination “is illegal in America, and it should be illegal in America, because we shouldn’t treat people based on their race,” Goldfarb said. “We should treat them based on their individual characteristics.”
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