An pediatrician has been accused of glorifying the suicide of a tormented teenager by telling a top conference the 16 year-old's decision to end her life was 'bold.' Dr. Morissa Ladinsky twice used the word while describing the 2014 death of Leelah Alcorn, who stepped in front of a tractor-trailer in while battling mental health issues she says were linked to her transition from male to female. Speaking at the American Academy of Pediatrics conference at Anaheim on October 11, she said: 'And in the final days of 2014… a local 16-year-old lady, Leelah Alcorn, of trans experience, stepped boldly in front of a tractor-trailer, ending her life.
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