In May, former Health Secretary Victoria Atkins restricted the use of puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria through the use of emergency powers. Since then, puberty blockers – drugs that delay or prevent puberty – have only been available to minors with gender dysphoria who were already taking the drugs before the ban took effect. Other than that, puberty blockers can only be used in National Health Services (NHS) clinical trials and other emergencies.
This decision was in response to the NHS's Cass Review published in May, the world's largest review detailing the dangers of medical transgender interventions on children.
Hilary Cass, a pediatrician commissioned by the NHS to review available transgender services for dysphoric minors, found that "gender medicine" is "built on shaky foundations" and that while these drastic interventions should be done with extreme vigilance, "quite the reverse happened in the field of gender care for children." (Related: Puberty blockers are QUACK medicine backed by nothing… chemical child abuse is now demanded by LGBT pushers conspiring with evil doctors.)
U.K. Health Secretary Wes Streeting welcomes decision
Justice of the High Court Beverly Lang ruled on July 29 that the ban on puberty blockers is lawful. U.K.'s new Health Secretary Wes Streeting welcomed the decision of the High Court.
"I welcome the court's decision today. Children's healthcare must be evidence-led. Dr Cass' review found there was insufficient evidence that puberty blockers are safe and effective for children with gender dysphoria and gender incongruence. We must therefore act cautiously and with care when it comes to this vulnerable group of young people.
"I am working with NHS England to improve children's gender identity services, and to setting up a clinical trial to establish the evidence on puberty blockers. I want trans people in our country to feel safe, accepted and able to live with freedom and dignity," Streeting stated.
However, trans campaign group TransActual U.K. and a gender dysphoric minor legally challenged the decision. The plaintiffs argued that Atkins failed to consult patient groups and misused the emergency process.
Chay Brown, the director for healthcare at TransActual, said the ruling was disappointing. "Defense evidence makes clear that they decided on an emergency ban first and sought ways to justify it second," Brown remarked. "We are seriously concerned about the safety and welfare of young trans people in the United Kingdom."
The Good Law Project, an organization working with TransActual, echoed Brown's statement. The group stated that future consultations on the healthcare of minors "must be taken seriously and include input from real experts and those most directly affected by the changes."
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