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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
I fear for youth now in GSA's. Not from other students, but from people who are supposed to be ensuring protection for them in a safe spot.
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This, for me, misses the main point. It's not about kids in GSAs being outed by some malicious actor. Though there is a risk of that happening, I have to believe it will be rare in practice. The issue is that a kid who might otherwise join a GSA will see some risk of having to have this conversation with their parents and will not join in the first place. There will be fewer kids in GSAs as a result of this policy.
Because the stats show that GSAs contribute to lower suicide rates, this means that some proportion of kids who would otherwise have joined a GSA and reduced their risk of death will, instead, kill themselves.
The policy therefore will result in more dead children.
Unless there's some argument that holds water as to why the UCP policy will offset these deaths with saved lives, the decision to repeal bill 24 appears completely monstrous to me.