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.
This mental illness has spread to the most unlikeliest of places.
I see his point too and probably would agree with him if I got to sit down and chat with him about it but he picked a “WHITE HOT” issue to draw a line in the sand on. This smell will stick to him (politically speaking) to the next election.
Sounds a lot like a Liz Cheney UniParty member. When is this GOP Groomer up for reelection? Primary him ASAP.
Gordon, a weasel.
It’s the Jackson Hole enclave of UniParty GOP that was controlling WY politicians but they’ve been pushed into sunlight now and will be voted out of office.
Liz Cheney basically turned the state completely conservative with her J6 lies and show trials.
“difficult to decide what is true and not true”?
If I had a dollar for every gender, I’d have 2 dollars. The rest is counterfeit. What is so difficult?
So if some super-liberal state authorizes organ harvesting from live healthy children, you would forbid Board members from lobbying against it?
Except that when the research shows overwhelming harm from a procedure and no clear gain everyone in Government has a responsibility to protect minors. That’s not political; its a core responsibility.
Gordon is a sick mother.
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Yes, but the cause, more specifically, is demonically possessed wickedness. We all know what Christ said about those bringing harm to His children. Mutilating children is a crime but now it’s cloaked in acceptable medical practice. How could humanity get so perverted so quickly? Are there unknown forces at work controlling the minds of these outlaws. There are few to none other possibilities that make any sense.
Agreed. And there are 11 types of people: those who understand binary, those who don’t, and those who think non-binary is a thing.
Elected “representative” of the people of Wyoming FORCES...
Some of us are professionals who understand our professional responsibilities, dude. Not everyone on this site is a mouth-breathing moron.
Every Board member should resign immediately in this case.
Serving on a government regulatory board in that scenario is no different than serving as a guard at Auschwitz or Dachau.
I agree. Then get off the board.
There is always a bell curve.
GOP = God opposing politician.
What is it with Wyoming and sleeper-agent liberals?
“Some of us are professionals who understand our professional responsibilities, dude. Not everyone on this site is a mouth-breathing moron.” said the sad example of the execrable species of Republicant losing losers.
We can all have opinions.
Mine is that showing concern about the children in your area means you should be on the board. The people that are willing to allow business as usual when that includes maiming children, shortening their lives, denying them sexual satisfaction and compromising their health, should not have any responsibilities in governance.
I guess if it’s good enough for bulls, why not?
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