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MSNBC Host Ayman Mohyeldin on Saturday interviewed Dr. Marci Bowers, a gynecologic and reconstructive surgeon and president of the World Professional Organization for Transgender Health about the growing attacks by Republicans on gender-affirming care “Talk to us a little bit about that,” host Ayman Mohyeldin began. Citing Bowers’ April 2023 New York Times editorial, Mohyeldin pointed out that “studies show gender-affirming therapy has huge benefits for patients, and fewer than one percent of those who’ve received gender-affirming surgery say they regret their decision to do so, which is a muc…