Tag: puberty blockers

New Research Challenges Claim That Access to Puberty Blockers Prevents Youth Suicides

WASHINGTON—New Heritage Foundation research shows that access to puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones does not reduce youth suicide rates. This challenges a key argument that such access to gender transition drugs saves lives. Jay Greene, a senior research fellow at the conservative think tank’s center for education policy, authored a report on the findings, hoping…


Federal Court Judge Blocks New Alabama Law Banning Puberty Blockers for Kids

A federal judge has blocked a second state from banning puberty blockers, other gender-changing drugs, and surgeries for minors. After being passed into law by a 66–28 vote, the Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act went into effect on May 7. Less than a week later, U.S. District Court Judge Liles Burke blocked the…


Swing State Voters Opposing Transgender Agenda for Minors Lead in Poll

The majority of Americans do not support transgender surgeries or anti-puberty blockers for minors, according to a new survey (pdf) released by Washington-based conservative think tank American Principles Project (APP) on May 12. Recent findings show that 56 percent of voters in swing states support banning puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and physical sex-change surgeries for…


European Countries Push Back Against Use of Puberty Blockers in Children

Increasingly, the brakes are being put on physical interventions to treat children diagnosed with gender dysphoria in the UK, Sweden, Finland, and France. “The genie is out of the bottle, I don’t think there is any covering up, the evidence has come out,” writer and campaigner for the rights of women and girls, Jo Bartosch,…


Puberty-Blocker Ruling For Children Under 16 Won’t Be Challenged At British Supreme Court

A challenge to a ruling allowing children with gender dysphoria to take puberty blockers without their parents’ consent as long as their doctor agrees will not reach Britain’s Supreme Court. The decision announced May 5 by the Supreme Court marks an end to the high-profile case of Keira Bell, who brought a legal fight against…


Civil Rights Attorney: Putting Kids on Puberty Blockers ‘Absolute Child Abuse’

Amid allegations of secret transgender indoctrination of schoolchildren and “coaching” them on gender issues without parental consent, civil rights attorney Harmeet Dhillon says the use of puberty blockers on minors is “absolute child abuse.” Puberty blockers are causing “permanent harm” to children, Dhillon told The Epoch Times in an April 23 interview. “There are so…