Fat and Infertile: New Study Raises Alarm Over Link Between Obesity and Low Sperm Count

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Boys who are overweight in their adolescence face a higher risk of fertility issues later in adulthood, according to a new study in the European Journal of Endocrinology.

In April, a team of Italian researchers published their findings on a study of 268 children and adolescents between the ages of roughly 2 to 18. Scientists examined the relationship between weight, testicular volume, and insulin resistance. Male minors who were overweight or obese, they found, had lower testicular volume (TV), which is associated with lower sperm count.

“Childhood and adolescence represent an important time widow for testicular development,” researchers reported. “Therefore, these phases should be considered a critical moment for the prevention of andrological diseases that may arise later in life.”

The team concluded that “children and adolescents with overweight/obesity, hyperinsulinemia, and insulin resistance have lower TVs than their age-matched controls.” In other words, children and adolescents with excess weight and an abnormal insulin response were found to have lower testicular volume and thus likely lower sperm production.

The study’s findings contribute to the overwhelming research that points to obesity as the root cause of the West’s health crisis. Falling testosterone levels, a primary hormone for metabolic function, might even be a primary driver behind obesity in men today. Male testosterone levels have plummeted by double digits since the 1980s and remain in steep decline as endocrine-disrupting chemicals saturate the environment. (Read more from “Fat and Infertile: New Study Raises Alarm Over Link Between Obesity and Low Sperm Count” HERE)

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Texas Children’s Hospital Performs Sex Change Procedures on Children as Young as 11: Report

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The country’s largest children’s hospital performs sex change procedures on children as young as 11, according to a new report.

Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston inserted an implantable puberty blocker in multiple children, including at least one 11-year-old, according to whistleblower documents obtained by City Journal’s Christopher Rufo.

In March of last year, Texas Children’s Hospital executives said they would stop performing transgender medical procedures on minors due to legal and criminal liability concerns. Texas Governor Greg Abbott had just directed state agencies to investigate cases of children receiving transgender medical intervention as “child abuse.”

Around the same time, the hospital’s chief pediatrician, Dr. Catherine Gordon, who specialized in treating transgender youth, resigned after only six months on the job.

However, whistleblower documents obtained by City Journal show that the hospital has not stopped, but continues to perform these procedures. (Read more from “Texas Children’s Hospital Performs Sex Change Procedures on Children as Young as 11: Report” HERE)

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Progressive Pro-Lifer’s Mom Gets a Home Visit From FBI Karens

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Two female Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents descended upon the doorstep of Tracy Ketch, the mother of progressive pro-life activist Elise Ketch, last month. In a conversation publicized by The Daily Signal, the agents, Ashley Roberts and Kathleen Brown, asked Tracy if they could talk to Elise.

“We just need to speak with [Elise] regarding some information that was sent to us,” Roberts told Tracy. The agents asked for Elise’s address or phone number after learning she no longer lives at her mother’s house. “She’s not in any trouble,” Roberts said, adding that she couldn’t tell Tracy what their visit was about but that she shouldn’t worry because “it’s nothing.”

When Tracy asked to take pictures of their badges, Roberts stated, “Unfortunately, we’re not allowed to have anyone take our pictures.”

“I have two FBI agents at the front door,” Tracy told her daughter over the phone in front of the agents. “FBI agents?” Elise repeated, causing Roberts to break into a smile. “Mom, don’t tell them anything,” Elise instructed her mother. Tracy then gestured for the agents to leave the porch.

According to Kyle Seraphin, the former FBI agent who exposed the agency for targeting traditional Catholics, Roberts was assigned to “domestic terrorism” as of last fall and was incessantly harassing an FBI whistleblower and his wife. (Read more from “Progressive Pro-Lifer’s Mom Gets a Home Visit From FBI Karens” HERE)

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Adidas ‘Pride 2023’ Women’s Swimsuits Appear to Be Modeled by a Man

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Adidas this week launched its “Pride 2023” swimwear collection, advertising bathing suits on its web site under the “women’s” section with the help of a model that appeared to be male.

One of the bathing suits — a colorful one-piece called the “Pride Swimsuit” that was being advertised for $70 — was being shown off by an apparently male model who also was also displaying a noticeable bulge in the crotch area.

An accompanying video on Adidas’ site shows the model sashaying in the one-piece, with the camera at one point zooming to reveal a patch of chest hair rising above the neckline.

It was unclear if the model identifies as a male or is transgender.

Adidas and Mnisi didn’t immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. (Read more from “Adidas ‘Pride 2023’ Women’s Swimsuits Appear to Be Modeled by a Man” HERE)

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Top Athlete Urges Congress to Pass Bill Defining ‘Woman’

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Riley Gaines, a former top college athlete, called on Congress on Wednesday to pass the “Women’s Bill of Rights,” which would clarify that the term “woman” is based on biology rather than personal identity when it appears in federal law.

The bill, led by Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) and cosponsored by about two dozen other Republicans, would codify the meanings of several of these sex-based terms, including “sex,” “woman,” “man,” “girl,” “boy,” “mother,” and “father.”

“This is crucial to ensure that women, we’re entitled to our privacy and our safety and our fairness and our equal opportunity,” Gaines said, adding, “I’m speaking for so much more than just myself.”

Gaines, a decorated swimmer who now serves as an Independent Women’s Voice spokeswoman, gained national attention last year after tying down to the hundredth of a second with Lia Thomas, a man, in an NCAA women’s national swimming championship event. (Read more from “Top Athlete Urges Congress to Pass Bill Defining ‘Woman’” HERE)

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Career Abortionist Admits Most Late-Term Abortions He Performs Involve Healthy Babies and Mothers; Unwittingly Exposes Savagery Sought by House Democrats

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A career abortionist recently provided the Atlantic with insights into both his butchery and his victims. While the horrific details provided by Warren Hern paint a bloody picture of what actually takes place behind closed doors in blue-state abortion clinics, they also serve to indict the House Democrats who now seek to see similarly ruthless and limitless abortion enshrined as a national right.

Warren Hern is the abortionist who literally wrote the book on the barbaric practice.

Hern, a founding member of the National Abortion Federation, is notorious for performing late-term abortions in Colorado on viable human beings at the bulletproof Boulder Abortion Clinic, which he founded in 1973. He has been the subject of numerous profiles and articles.

A 2010 Guardian piece cast him as a brave survivor of pro-life hostilities and criticism by the kind of people who reckoned him monstrous on account of his late-term execution of a child with dwarfism and many other such human beings. . .

In the same piece, Hern noted he hated the word “abortionist,” suggesting that it had become a “degrading and demeaning word that has the same negative connotations as the most despicable racial epithet.” (Read more from “Career Abortionist Admits Most Late-Term Abortions He Performs Involve Healthy Babies and Mothers; Unwittingly Exposes Savagery Sought by House Democrats” HERE)

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Kamala Harris Torched on Twitter After Seemingly Suggesting That Banning ‘Gender Ideology’ Classes Would Involve Banning the Teaching of Women’s History

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Vice President Kamala Harris noted during a speech on Tuesday that some people want to put the kibosh on courses that involve “gender ideology” but then questioned whether this would involve courses related to “women’s history” and “women’s equality.”

“Do they want to eliminate the study of pay equity,” she asked.

While conservatives do want to ban the teaching of radical leftist gender ideology in public schools, this ideology pertains to LGBTQ topics such as the transgender movement, not women’s history.

Left-wing gender ideology remains an area of cultural contention, as some parents do not want public schools to expose their children to LGBT topics.

People responded to the vice president’s comments by accusing her of being unintelligent. (Read more from “Kamala Harris Torched on Twitter After Seemingly Suggesting That Banning ‘Gender Ideology’ Classes Would Involve Banning the Teaching of Women’s History” HERE)

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Middle School Banned Boy From Wearing ‘Two Genders’ Shirt, Family Prepares to Sue

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The family of a 7th grade boy is preparing to sue his Massachusetts middle school for banning him from wearing a shirt that said, “There are only two genders.”

The Morrison family plans to file a lawsuit against Nichols Middle School for allegedly violating their son Liam’s First Amendment rights.

Nichols Middle School is part of the Middleborough Public Schools district about halfway between Boston and Cape Cod.

Liam, 12, said he was told to remove his “two genders” shirt almost immediately when he arrived at school.

In an email, Middleborough Public Schools Superintendent Carolyn Lyons said Liam violated the school dress code because the “content of Liam’s shirt targeted students of a protected class; namely in the area of gender identity.” (Read more from “Middle School Banned Boy From Wearing ‘Two Genders’ Shirt, Family Prepares to Sue” HERE)

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Sports Illustrated Features Transgender Model on Cover of Swimsuit Issue

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Transgender models are becoming almost as popular as bikinis when it comes to the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

German pop star Kim Petras, who had gender-transition surgery at age 16, was one of the four celebrities selected to appear on the rotating covers of the 2023 swimsuit edition, but the singer isn’t the first male-born figure to do so.

That title goes to Leyna Bloom, who appeared on the annual beach-fest’s front cover in 2021.

The other three cover models are actress Megan Fox, supermodel Brooks Nader, and 81-year-old lifestyle guru Martha Stewart, who made history as the oldest model in the history of the swimsuit issue.

“It’s definitely a scary time to be transgender in America, but there’s also so much more representation than there’s ever been, and there’s so many things on the bright side,” Ms. Petras told the magazine, which released its covers Monday. (Read more from “Sports Illustrated Features Transgender Model on Cover of Swimsuit Issue” HERE)

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Poll: More Than Half of Americans Say Motherhood Is ‘Most Important Role for a Woman to Fill In Today’s World’

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More than half of Americans say motherhood is the “most important role for a woman to fill in today’s world,” a Rasmussen Reports poll found.

The survey — which was conducted with 1,059 American adults between May 8-10 with a ±3 percent margin of error at the 95 percent confidence level — found that 56 percent believe motherhood is the “most important role” for women, which is up from 52 percent in 2018. Thirty percent disagree with that statement, while 14 percent are not sure.

The percentage of Americans who view Mother’s Day as “one of our nation’s most important holidays” has also slightly increased since 2018, from 31 percent to 34 percent this year. Thirteen percent rank it as one of the least important holidays and 49 percent say it ranks somewhere in the middle. Rasmussen noted that Americans “consistently rank Christmas as the most important holiday, usually followed by the Fourth of July.”

By political affiliation, Democrats (42 percent) are more likely than Republicans (32 percent) and unaffiliated voters (28 percent) to rank Mother’s Day as one of the nation’s top holidays. However, a higher percentage of Republicans (68 percent) compared to Democrats (47 percent) and unaffiliated voters (55 percent) say being a mother “is the most important role for a woman to fill in today’s world.” (Read more from “Poll: More Than Half of Americans Say Motherhood Is ‘Most Important Role for a Woman to Fill In Today’s World’” HERE)

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