M. Lal

Causal inference from a single treated state: a peer review of Lee et al. (2024) and the exchange that followed

Lee et al. (2024) report that state-level anti-transgender laws caused increases of 7–72% in past-year suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary (TGNB) young people. A Matters Arising (Cohn et al., 2026) showed that the paper’s largest estimates derive from a single treat...