5.20.25 HHS questions transgender treatments, barriers to detransitioning, and challenges of teaching overseas

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🗓️ 20 May 2025

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HHS reviews transgender interventions, insurance companies balk at detransitioning, and an American teaches in Spain. Plus, Nathan Finn on denominational mission shift, a race across New York City, and the Tuesday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from WatersEdge Kingdom Investments — personal investments that build churches. 4.75% APY on a six-month term. WatersEdge.com/investWatersEdge Kingdom Investments - WatersEdge securities are subject to certain risk factors as described in our Offering Circular and are not FDIC or SIPC insured. This is not an offer to sell or solicit securities. WatersEdge offers and sells securities only where authorized; this offering is made solely by our Offering Circular.And from Dordt University, whose online MBA and MPA programs prepare leaders for lasting impact. Dordt University. Until All Is Made New.

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0:00.0	Good morning. A new federal report points to a quiet retreat from devastating surgeries on children.
0:11.9	But for thousands, the damage is done. I thought I had gotten a proper diagnosis and that I was going to be given a cure that was going to cure all of my distress and trauma.
0:22.5	Also, more insurers are paying for all that, but what happens when a patient wants it reversed?
0:28.7	Well, those same companies often disappear.
0:32.1	And later, teaching English in Spain's public schools.
0:35.2	The behavior in the classrooms, it was just kind of a shock for me.
0:39.3	It's Tuesday, May 20th.
0:48.3	This is The World and Everything in it from listeners-supported World Radio.
0:52.3	I'm Mary Reichard. And I'm Nick Eicher. Good morning.
0:57.6	Time for the news. Here's Kent Covington. President Trump says Russia is ready to move ahead with
1:04.8	negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. That comes after the president spent more than two hours on
1:09.9	the phone Monday with Vladimir Putin. Trump said he was trying to convince Putin to re-engage in negotiations,
1:15.8	and he added that he thought the call went very well. I thought there was a very good chance,
1:20.4	like a 50-50 chance that he would say, I want to take the whole thing. I didn't know what he was
1:27.0	going to say.
1:28.1	And then they have a different kind of a problem.
1:30.5	But I believe he wants to stop.
1:32.3	President also addressed an offer by Pope Leo the 14th
1:35.5	to host ceasefire talks at the Vatican.
1:38.2	There's tremendous bitterness, anger.
1:41.4	And I think maybe that could help some of that anger.
1:43.9	So having it at the Vatican would be
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