In response to the petition, the White House added its voice to a growing chorus of opposition to such therapies while doing little to clarify the petition's confusion: «We share your concern about its potentially
devastating effects on the lives of transgender as well as gay, lesbian, bisexual and queer youth,» wrote Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to Obama.
The illness had a pretty
devastating effect on my life, both mentally and physically.
This had
a devastating effect on my life.
Opinion on whether HS2 is a good or bad idea is divided to say the very least, and I don't propose to go into the arguments here although for the sake of full disclosure, I'm on the side of the antis, but it did annoy me that many people who were protesting that it would have
a devastating effect on their lives were waved away with the flick of a railway engineer's hand.
«These trends also have
a devastating effect on the lives of African people, who depend on agriculture - based economies.»
Ian Jarrold, Head of Research at the British Lung Foundation, said: «COPD has
a devastating effect on the lives of people who live with it, and on their loved ones and carers.
One accident, one rupture, one attack would have
devastating effects on the lives of people today and for generations to follow, as one look at a victim of the Chernobyl nuclear accident would confirm.
Being scammed can have
a devastating effect on your life and can change your relationships with your family and friends.
The campaign drives the message that while some products may seem harmless, the demand created and their sale can, in fact, have
devastating effects on the lives of innocent people, on wildlife or on cultural property.
A new ice age could have very
devastating effects on life on Earth, including humans.
A conviction for a felony charge or even an allegation of a felony can have
a devastating effect on your life and your future.
The brain injury attorneys at The Cochran Firm understand that one of these injuries can have a permanent,
devastating effect on your life.
Brain Injury Attorneys The brain injury attorneys at The Cochran Firm understand that one of these injuries can have a permanent,
devastating effect on your life.
When a person is involved in an accident resulting in personal injury, it can have
a devastating effect on their life.
We understand that accidents can have
devastating effects on the life of victims and their families so we're always here to provide a compassionate and personal litigation service.
Being injured in a car accident can have
devastating effects on your life.
A serious injury can have
a devastating effect on your life, which is why it's important that you get the proper guidance as soon as possible to immediately begin going over your case.
A side - impact collision can have
devastating effects on your life.
The unrelenting and unprecedented wave of attacks on reproductive health and rights has
a devastating effect on the lives of people seeking health care.
Being scammed can have
a devastating effect on your life and can change your relationships with your family and friends.
Not exact matches
The subsidies for the local enterprises and for the needy are reduced with
devastating effects on economic and social
life.
Leaves me wondering if the Graham family
lived with the gracious face of Billy or the legalistic, hell - fire and damnation one — Jekyll and Hyde parents can have a
devastating effect on their offspring.
The gaps left in children's
lives by absent or disengaged fathers have
devastating ripple
effects on our country, both economically and socially.
Matt, in the article Dr. Amy says «THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THOSE CLAIMS»: maybe I'm wrong, but to my non-native understanding, this sentence doesn't necessarily mean «there is no evidence at all», but rather: any evidence there might be, it is not enough to support claims such as «increased medicalization of childbirth may be having severe consequences
on the
life - long health of our children... What's more, it could be having a
devastating effect on the future of our entire species».
Whether there is a loss of a grandparent, sibling, or pet, it is important to recognize the
effects that these
devastating and
life changing losses have
on your child.
Tough documents the
devastating effects of adverse childhood experiences
on children's ability to cope with stress, and he reports
on recent educational programs to help students develop «non-cognitive» skills - grit, optimism, curiosity, zest, social intelligence, gratitude, and self - control — that are essential to success in
life.
Without action to reduce this risk, across the UK, the
effect on our homes, businesses, communities, infrastructure and way of
life is potentially
devastating.
«I have seen first - hand the terrible
effect unfair sanctions have had
on the
lives of my constituents that is why I have introduced my Private Member's Bill aiming to limit the
devastating impact of the punitive regime
on disadvantaged people across the UK.
One of course was the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, which in addition to the senseless destruction of
life, also had a
devastating economic
effect on Downtown.
And we'll be paying the price of this failure many years into the future - because the scarring
effects of long term unemployment have a
devastating effect on people's employment prospects and earnings through the rest of their
lives.
«The unnecessary arrest of these individuals can have
devastating economic and social
effects on their
lives.
Improving the Quality of Memories One of the most
devastating aspects of Alzheimer's is its
effect on patients» ability to recall
life events.
After learning about the
devastating effects of plastic pollution
on the environment and human health, Oakland accountant Beth Terry began an experiment to see if she could
live without buying any new plastic.
yet another skin flare - up...» The
devastating effects that psoriasis can have
on your family
life is an entire story in itself.
To not have to worry about intimacy... Psoriasis can have a
devastating effect on the intimate
lives of many of its sufferers.
The deranged biochemistry and tissue injury associated with these conditions stimulates ongoing production of inflammatory proteins and cytokines, chemical messengers that initiate and prolong the inflammatory response, creating a vicious cycle of chronic inflammation that may have
devastating effects on patient quality of
life.
Naturally, Bruce uses his newfound abilities to correct his own tiny problems,
living the high
life without realizing the
devastating effects his omnipotence has
on the world at large.
Jerry and Kitty hole up at a motel, and in between (and sometimes during) attempts at sex, Jerry tells Kitty of his turbulent
life: the out - of - control heroin abuse and the
devastating effects it had
on his marriage of convenience to a beautiful Brit (Elizabeth Hurley, trying her best in a thankless role) and his once - thriving writing career.
Some within the fire sector will recall the
devastating effect of the fire in Our Lady of the Angels in Chicago
on 1 December 1958 where 92 pupils and three nuns lost their
lives when smoke, heat, fire, and toxic gases cut off their normal means of escape from the upper floors of the school building.
We know, when we see it in the breach, that bullying, destructive peer pressure and low self - esteem have
devastating effects on the learning and
on the
lives of students.
Gill, who founded of The Difference, a programme to place high - quality teachers in schools working with excluded pupils, said some schools were not always «sufficiently mindful of the
devastating effect» exclusion had
on a pupils»
life outcomes.
Your debt will then get sold to a third - party debt collection company so that the banks can make additional profit, not having any regard for your personal
life and the long - term
devastating effects they just inflicted
on your
life.
Battles change from simply moving your squad into position and mowing down the foe to carefully unleashing an initial barrage of abilities, combining powers for
devastating effect, such as using your levitate skill
on an Engineer's turret to
life it high so it can rain down fire, or mind - controlling a foe so that your sniper can get a clean shot.
Secondly, while there are indeed lots of other unsustainable human impacts
on ecosystems and the Earth's biosphere generally, the rapidly escalating
effects of anthropogenic global warming threaten to overwhelm all of those other problems in the very near future, with
devastating impacts not only for human civilization and the human species, but for all
life on Earth, for a long, long time.
Scientists expect severe floods to become more frequent in many regions during this century because of climate change, with
devastating effects on people's
lives, including their homes, and
on transportation and commerce.1
The most
devastating effects, and also the hardest to predict, are the
effects on the world's
living ecosystems.
The voices of the thousands of Appalachians
living with contaminated drinking water have finally been amplified over the past several days with a long - overdue announcement about halting mountaintop removal permits from the EPA and a widely - discussed New York Times story
on Sunday about the
devastating effects of coal - tainted water.
«This had
devastating effects on the social and economic
lives of the survivors.
I'm just trying to figure out how volcanoes caused cooling in the LIA but none of the warming now yet were able to
devastate the world with all the warming they caused earlier while having no
effect on life from their cooling.
As we pause to consider those we have lost from Hurricane Sandy and focus
on the immediate recovery efforts for those who have lost their homes, power, water and other
life sustaining necessities, we are reminded of the real and
devastating effect that are being caused by rising sea levels.