The U.K.’s About-Face on Puberty Blockers for Children

A new major clinical trial exposing minors to puberty suppression represents an indefensible course change for the U.K.

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Transgender rights supporters protest in favor of Scottish gender reform bill outside Downing Street in London, England, January 21, 2023.

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The United Kingdom is turning children into test experiments. When the government announced last year that it would ban the prescription of puberty blockers to minors, it seemed to mark a decisive turn: The country had absorbed the hard lessons spelled out in the Cass Review, an independent analysis of the consequences of transgender ideology for minors. The review was a turning point — not just for Britain, but for countries worldwide seeking to move away from the ideological capture wrought by transgender experimentation.

Unfortunately, following the Cass Review’s recommendation that any use of puberty blockers be confined to research, the National Health Service commissioned a major clinical trial. Known as PATHWAYS (Puberty Suppression and Transitional Healthcare with Adaptive Youth Services), the trial is now set to commence, involving around 220 children under the age of 16, including kids as young as ten. These young children will be subjected to dangerous puberty blockers in the name of “research.”

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Elyssa Koren

Elyssa Koren is an international human rights lawyer and the director of legal communications for ADF International.

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