Medical Establishment Sends Children To Help Protect Profits
BY JEFF SKINNER
SPRINGFIELD - Springfield area students representing a local organization called BATS, Bringing Awareness To Students, provided input to the Springfield Commissioners at the November 18 meeting, where they advocated against Ohio House Bill 172, a bill which looks to specifically target a large revenue stream for the massive hospital networks across the county.
On Tuesday, students from the Springfield area BATS organization advocated to their local officials for them to oppose House Bill 172, a piece of legislation they stated would make parents a barrier to mental health services. Several students gave testimony involving youth at schools getting in trouble for bringing vaping pens into the facilities and parents incorrectly chastising them as justification as to why parents should be kept beyond arms length from a youth’s mental health issues. BATS students voice support instead for a student to stay in the unattended care of ‘mental health professionals’ without parental notification.
While the students presenting argued the bill would be a hindrance to youth in a mental health crisis, which many would interpret as a suicidal or life threatening situation, the bill itself is actually about something far different.
For conservatives who have been fighting against the encroaching medical system inserting themselves into the lives of their children through the school systems, House Bill 172 is a breath of fresh air. The legislation specifically prohibits any medical institution or provider from engaging in any diagnosis or care of gender related issues, specifically of the transgender variety, without the specific consent of a parent or guardian. It further outlines specifics that school districts are no longer allowed to do, prohibiting personnel from encouraging youth not to discuss their mental health issues with parents, showing sexually explicit material to kindergartners and ensuring parental notification of any changes to a youth’s mental health. These changes seem so innocuous and practical that one wonders why any opposition would be heard.
Despite what was said by the student representatives of BATS, House Bill 172 is very specific in its target of school systems increasingly targeting youth sexuality under the auspices of mental health. Despite the very specific target of HB 172, no mention of transgenderism or sexual health came up at all during the presentation. Instead language focused entirely on 'mental health crises'
BATS was founded in mid-2020 during the Covid era, primarily poised as a means to push now debunked narratives onto youth such as masking and social distancing. We know today, as many did at the time, that said practices actually exacerbated mental health conditions like anxiety, depression and increased substance usage while doing nothing to mitigate viral contagion. While the majority of their work, as noted on their social media page, deals with helping youth make good choices around things like substance usage and vaping, it is apparent what aspects of the organization are most likely top down initiatives from their funders.
According to a News-Sun article, the organization lost funding sometime in 2022 and reemerged in 2023, now with funding from entities that would be most affected by House Bill 172. The group is primarily spearheaded by WellSpring, a local mental health nonprofit propped up by various state and grant entities. However, among its less notable contributors include organizations like Community Health Foundation, an organization that specifically offers sex education, resources and sterilization procedures for men and women.
Similarly, other entities like The Young Women’s Foundation support Planned Parenthood services and other reproductive and sexual services.
In short, House Bill 172 will not prevent youth in mental health crises from getting help. In actuality, It will prevent school districts and medical institutions from isolating vulnerable children and trapping them in ever escalating cycles of medical interventions and experimentation without basis, which will significantly impact the very organizations funding and supporting BATS.
Interestingly, members of the Springfield Commission, including Mayor Rue, voiced strong support for the actions of BATS in advocating for keeping parents out of the sexual health conversations of youth and keeping those conversations in the hands of those who can sell the vulnerable on interventions.
