By Connie Reguli

So just now, the middle Tennessee community is upset because Vanderbilt is performing gender transition therapies and surgeries for children. Tennessee LookOut reporter Holly McCall and Tennessee Stands Gary Humble published commentary on the recent events which included a call from Congresswoman Marjorie Green to criminalize gender surgeries for children, Matt Walsh’s (Daily Wire) podcast regarding Vanderbilt’s “gender butchery”, and the responses of Governor Bill Lee, Senator Jack Johnson, and House member William Lamberth.

Although I disagree with Ms. McCall’s characterization of Congresswoman Green as a “looney toon”, I do agree that if suddenly the Tennessee General Assembly is outraged at how children are being treated in Tennessee, especially by the government, they are walking with blinders. Holly pointed out AGAIN the systemic dysfunction of DCS which I have screamed about for two decades and little to no respect or response from the General Assembly. However, my voice was loud enough and threatening enough that the Tennessee government needed to shut me up, disgrace me, and make me ineffective.

I have faced the anti-lobbying efforts of the executive branch every time I have lobbied for changes in the law to better protect families and children.

But since suddenly legislators want to know what Vanderbilt does let me tell you more. Vanderbilt has misdiagnosed child abuse many many times under the supervision of child abuse pediatrician Deborah Lowen, M.D. I have heard Dr. Lowen testify under oath the an infant could not have multiple fractured ribs if the parents squeezed and shook the baby violently. She has absolutely ignored the differential diagnosis of infantile rickets even though the American Academy of Pediatrics position paper warned of this. The result is that several infants have been separated from their mothers as infants and placed in the homes of strangers, many while still nursing infants. Remarkably Dr. Deborah Lowen is now employed full time at DCS. She should be fired.

What else? Well Vanderbilt reported a family to DCS for medical neglect when they refused to treat their 11 year old with Humira (a biologic) which was against their religion