Posted on 06/02/2024 6:15:46 AM PDT by Twotone
At the behest of a Republican governor, a renowned interventional radiologist in perhaps the most conservative state in the nation has resigned from its Board of Medicine because he publicly opposed gender-related medical interventions for minors.
Last year, Mark Gordon, the Republican governor of Wyoming, confirmed Casper radiologist Dr. Eric Cubin to serve on the state's Board of Medicine, which mainly grants and renews the licenses of Wyoming physicians and physician assistants. Cubin was then reconfirmed earlier this year for a term that was scheduled to end in 2028, the Cowboy State Daily reported.
Likewise earlier this year, Wyoming lawmakers were considering a bill to ban so-called gender affirming care for minors. Nicknamed "Chloe's Law" after high-profile detransitioner Chloe Cole, the Children Gender Change Prohibition bill bans any form of transgender-related medical intervention — including cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and, of course, surgical genital mutilation — on children.
Dr. Cubin, who does not necessarily oppose such medical interventions for adults, sent an email to all state representatives in February, encouraging them to support Chloe's Law.
"The evidence and medical data on gender affirming care is all over the board," Cubin wrote, according to the Daily. "Unfortunately, much of the data on both sides is politically charged and it is difficult to decipher exactly what is true and what is not true."
Both chambers of the Wyoming legislature appeared to agree with Cubin. The bill sailed through the state House and Senate, and Gov. Gordon signed it into law in March, albeit reluctantly, according to the Daily.
"I signed [Chloe's Law] because I support the protections this bill includes for children; however, it is my belief that the government is straying into the personal affairs of families," he said at the time.
Gov. Gordon also took issue with Cubin's email about Chloe's Law, claiming that it demonstrated an inappropriate bias for a member of the Board of Medicine. "Medical professionals should be confident that their licensure, which is their livelihood, will be handled professionally and clinically examined on merits alone," Gordon said. "Even the appearance of bias can be disquieting as well as erode confidence in the board’s presumed impartiality."
Gordon additionally stated that since Dr. Cubin is a member of the Wyoming Medical Society, his email could have been perceived as representing the views of WMS as a whole, even as WMS leaders ardently opposed Chloe's Law. "We believe that decision [about transgender-related care for minors] should be between a patient and their medical provider," said Kris Schamber, president of WMS.
In the email, Cubin did take WMS to task, claiming that its board had been overtaken by "several very vocal, extremely liberal members" whose "woke" views ran counter to those of its general membership. "It seems that [WMS board members] have decided to prioritize politics over their stated mission of physician advocacy," he said.
On April 22, Gov. Gordon sent Cubin a letter, informing him that while he respected Cubin's right to free speech, he did intend to "remove" Cubin from the Board of Medicine because of his political advocacy. Rather than wait for his ouster, Cubin resigned, effective April 29.
Cubin has since claimed that he is at peace with his actions and the consequences that resulted from them. "At the end of the day, I stood up for my principles, I stood up for what’s right, and I stood up for the children in the state of Wyoming," he said.
Gordon told the Daily that he has no further comment on the matter.
Gordon is a sick mother.
It is up to the CONSERVATIVES in Wyoming to make this governor PAY THE (political) PRICE for siding with the child butchers.
You can only kill them before their born.
After that you can give them puberty blocking drugs and mutilate their genitals.
And a GOPea brain supports it?
I think the GOPe should make him pay. After all, he represents them. But I think the citizens should loudly condemn him as well. We can’t get these BS RINOs out of the Republican Party fast enough. They are no different than a Democrat. They are all worthless POS.
The governor sounds like he’s of the same mold as Liz Cheney.
Federal lawsuit....millions of dollars.
NEVER resign!
Great. Yet ANOTHER reason that has gotten me to the point where I may never vote for any Republicans ever again (except for Trump). They are beyond worthless!
It’s getting easier to identify them.
They are now self identifying.
Who?
The bush league chamber of commerce worshiping republiCAN’Ts.
They need to be defeated AT ALL COSTS.
You don’t wait to hang a traitor, you take them out back and shoot them.
We cannot do that.
But we can execute them politically.
It’s all up to the man in the mirror.
The man in the mirror has to change.
The man in the mirror has to first realize that he indeed holds all the power.
The man in the mirror needs to use that power to his advantage, to change the political landscape to his vision.
The man in the mirror has to overcome certain things that have been drummed into him by the bush leaguers.
Just so that you know, the bush leaguers have been in existence and power since at least 1980.
The first thing that the man in the mirror has to overcome and accept is that a vote for a third party candidate is not a vote for the democommie.
It’s a vote for a third party candidate.
Once you accept this simple fact, your course of action becomes crystal clear.
Wyoming is home to a lot of influential RINOs, apparently.
I can see the governor’s point here. I have professional associates who serve on government regulatory boards, and they are explicitly forbidden from publicly lobbying for legislation or regulations that relate to their professional responsibilities.
I agree with everything you say.
If they broke the rules that settles it.
Thanks. 🙂👍
Ok Liz Cheney. I will be that you are already in line to have your balls removed.
And even if there are no clear rules that govern it, I would consider it unethical to do that sort of thing. You can enforce laws/regulations or you can lobby governing bodies that make those laws/regulations, but you can’t do both.
What kind of Mike Pence worm is this GOP governor?
Why does the GOP have these POSs in its ranks?
One solution might be a mechanism to eject people from the party.
A guy like Linda Graham or this guy would not be elected so easily if forced to run as an independent or Rat.
I wish the GOP would discipline the people it lends its name to.
His message to the “Republican” governor should have been: “You’ll have to fire me”.
And they say DJT is a threat to democracy???
You can say and do anything you want, as long as they approve it . . .
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