Campaigners demanded an urgent review of the puberty blockers ban last night over a trans lobby group’s offer to help children exploit loopholes. Hours after they were permanently banned by the Government last week, Anne Trans Health started offering youngsters ‘legal, compassionate and supportive routes’ to access the body-altering hormones, which halt development into adulthood. Activists protesting outside Health Secretary …
LONDON — The British government on Wednesday indefinitely banned puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria after independent experts found there was an unacceptable safety risk in prescribing the medication. The ban does not apply to those already receiving puberty blockers for gender dysphoria, to their use in clinical studies or in treatment of children with precocious puberty, an uncommon …
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The current ban on puberty blocking drugs in the treatment of trans children has presented Labour’s new health secretary, Wes Streeting, with a significant test of his and his party’s ability to steer clear of the divisive arguments that dominated the end of the last government and instead deliver meaningful change for the better. A temporary ban was put in …