The left-wing Labor government has announced it will maintain a ban on prescribing puberty-blocking drugs to children, following warnings from Britain's medical community of “unacceptable” risks.
In a significant blow to the transgender movement, puberty blockers will remain illegal in the UK indefinitely, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said on Tuesday.
“Children's health care must always be evidence-based. We found that it poses an unavoidable safety risk.” said According to telegraph paper.
Mr Streeting highlighted the landmark Cass Review, which cast serious doubt on claims that puberty blockers both benefit and pose “significant risks” to transgender children, and said the government should “We need to tread carefully and cautiously when it comes to this vulnerable group of young people,” he said. And follow the advice of experts. ”
However, the government will continue to allow puberty blockers to be given to children in clinical trials, with the Health Secretary calling for trials as early as next year to establish a “clear evidence base for the use of this drug”. We plan to implement it.
Mr Street also said the government would work with NHS England to launch a new gender identity service after the notorious Tavistock Center was ordered to close its children's transgender business due to safety concerns. .
The National Health Service banned puberty-blocking drugs from being given to children in March, and the previous Conservative government followed suit in May, banning their prescription to under-18s in both public and private healthcare. introduced emergency legislation to
Activists from the left-wing campaign group Transactual UK have launched a legal challenge to the ban, arguing that it is illegal for the government to use emergency powers to enact it. However, the UK High Court rejected this challenge and upheld the legality of the ban.
The decision to ban puberty blockers in children was prompted by research by prominent pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass, whose nearly 400-page report undermines many of the transgeneism movement's key tenets. It was something.
of Cass review The supposed evidence for puberty-blocking drugs to help children with gender dysphoria, mental or psychosocial health is “weak” and the “impact on cognitive and psychosexual development remains unclear”. I discovered it.
Following the Government's decision to support the ban, Dr Hilary Cass said: “That is why I recommended that it should only be prescribed within the research protocol after a multidisciplinary evaluation.”
“I support the Government’s decision to continue restrictions on the dispensing of puberty blockers for gender dysphoria outside the NHS, where these important safeguards are not provided.”
