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In June 2023 researchers in the UK banned puberty blockers from children outside of clinical research. The ruling is a blow to the radical trans community in England.
The intervention took place to allow researchers to study the procedures and science more behind the controversial intervention on children.
The main objective of the intervention is to alleviate distress associated with gender incongruence & promote the individual’s global functioning and wellbeing. Clinicians are reminded that trans identification may be a transient phase for many youth. /2
— SEGM (@segm_ebm) June 9, 2023
On Wednesday the UK banned puberty blockers for children indefinitely.
Via STV.TV.
The UK Government has said that, following official advice from medical experts, existing emergency measures banning the sale and supply of puberty blockers will be made indefinite.
The Department of Health and Social Care said the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) had published independent expert advice that there is “currently an unacceptable safety risk in the continued prescription of puberty blockers to…
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