(The Center Square) – Prisha Mosley and her legal counsel on Tuesday made arguments against eight defendants in pursuit of medical malpractice at the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
Trey Shelton, representing Mosley, said affirmation of the case would yield more abuses, and more childhood gender transition abuses. He told the two Republicans and one Democrat hearing the oral arguments they will send a message with either result, one which many across the country are watching.
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