How Can I Help Detransitioners?
In this episode of The Voice of Advocacy, Dr. Brick Lantz, Vice President of Advocacy and Bioethics and Nicole Hayes, Director of Federal Public Policy, are joined by expert guests Dr. Steve Foley and Dr. Susan Ashton-Lazaroae to explore how Christian healthcare professionals can care for individuals who have experienced gender dysphoria and are now detransitioning. This discussion unpacks the growing medical, cultural, and spiritual challenges faced by detransitioners, offering insights grounded in both clinical experience and biblical truth. Through a Christian worldview, the conversation emphasizes the importance of compassion, truth-telling, and restoring identity through Christ. This episode equips healthcare providers to navigate one of the most sensitive and controversial topics in modern medicine with clarity, grace, and courage.
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Steven Foley, MD, FACOG, is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist who previously practiced as an OB hospitalist in several rural hospitals in Indiana. He graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University and completed medical school and residency training at Indiana University in Indianapolis. He has been actively involved supporting pregnancy resource centers throughout his professional life. He is active with the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists (AAPLOG) and has assisted in several litigations with Alliance Defending Freedom. Steve and his wife Diane have been married for 43 years, and they have four married children and 11 grandchildren, leading a functional medical practice in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Dr. Steve Foley was also commissioned as a Colson Fellow in 2024.
Dr. Susan Ashton-Lazaroae has practiced general pediatrics since 1996. She received her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and completed a general pediatrics residency at Vanderbilt University Children’s Hospital. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Northern Virginia Pediatric Society and the Christian Medical and Dental Society. She recently joined the American College of Pediatricians and assisted with launching the Biological Integrity website. She was commissioned as a Colson Fellow in 2022, after completing a teaching practicum “Transgenderism: Unraveling The Confusion.”
