UK government bans private puberty blocker prescriptions for trans youth

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Streetlights@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/30/uk-government-puberty-blockers-restrictions-trans/

Rushed through last minute before parliament is dissolved using emergency powers.

Should’ve been debated in the commons at least.

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flamingos@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

No new patients under the age of 18 in England, Wales and Scotland will be given hormones to suppress puberty if they are experiencing gender dysphoria

Puberty blockers sure are funny old things, somehow they’re safe to prescribe to cis kids, but when prescribed to trans kids they suddenly become dangerous. I’m sure this is a purely evidence based policy. It must be. Wes Streeting has already endorsed it and, as people on here keep saying, Labour are the trans-friendly™ option. They wouldn’t just throw trans kids under the bus.

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- Streetlights@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Transkids get get these drugs just as easily as ciskids.
  
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  - LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I mean, not if they’re banned as per the OP, surely? Not sure what you mean here?
    
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