Watch powerful testimony against the sterilization of children
Impressive lineup of witnesses testify in support of protecting children from being subjected to transgender drugs and sterilizing surgeries
COLUMBUS—Yesterday, a diverse group of medical and legal experts, as well as people personally affected by the gender-medicine industry, testified in support of SAFE (Save Adolescents From Experimentation) Act (House Bill 454), which would prohibit doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, wrong-sex hormones, and “gender transition” surgeries for children.
Below, you can find a short biography, recording, and a testimony transcript for each of the witnesses. Each one did excellently in the face of intimidation and even mockery. You can see at the end of the hearing how the opposing legislators are clearly shaken and surprised by the high caliber and integrity of the witnesses.
The Witnesses and Their Testimonies
Biography: Matt Sharp serves as senior counsel and state government relations national director with Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal advocacy group that operates across the globe to defend religious liberty.
Biography: Dr. Daniel Weiss is a board-certified internist and endocrinologist. He has practiced in northern Ohio since 1986. He is also a Certified Physician Investigator, who has served as the principal investigator for over 100 clinical trials involving both adults and children.
Biography: Maria Polaris is a mother of a runaway daughter who identifies herself as male. This event fueled her search to find out why this happened and where the influences originated. She has connected with many parents who have had the same experience at the hands of a local gender clinic, leading her to become co-founder of Cardinal Support Network, an Ohio-based parent and caregiver support network for those with loved ones who have been taken in by the gender identity juggernaut.
Biography: Dr. Andre Van Mol is a board-certified family physician in private practice. He is the co-chair of the American College of Pediatrician’s Committee on Adolescent Sexuality. He speaks and writes on bioethics and Christian apologetics, and is experienced in short-term medical missions.
Biography: Helena Kerschner is a 23-year-old detransitioned woman from Cincinnati. As a teenager, Helena believed she was transgender and began taking testosterone injections as soon as she turned 18, but since then she has returned to embracing her natural womanhood. Helena has made appearances on Tucker Carlson, the Daily Wire, and a variety of other broadcast media to share her story with the hope that others will learn from her experience and consider the costs of gender medicine.
Biography: Jeannette Cooper is a mother of a daughter whom the court has prohibited her from visiting due to a claim that her daughter is transgender and felt "unsafe" with her. Jeannette is involved with International Partners for Ethical Care, a non-profit operated entirely by volunteers with the mission of raising awareness and supporting efforts to stop the unethical treatment of children by schools, hospitals, and mental and medical healthcare providers under the duplicitous banner of gender-identity affirmation.
Biography: Corinna Cohn is the secretary and treasurer of the Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network (GCCAN), an organization of past and present gender-medicine consumers with concerns and objections with the way the gender industry is operated today. Corinna said there were many things about the irreversible effects of transgender surgery that he wished he had known before he personally underwent the procedure at 19.
Click here to view CCV's fact sheet on the bill.
Click here to read the SAFE Act.
For more information, contact CCV at 513-733-5775 or info@ccv.org.
As Ohio’s largest Christian public policy organization, Center for Christian Virtue seeks the good of our neighbors by advocating for public policy that reflects the truth of the Gospel.
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