UK Bans Puberty Blockers for Teens under 18
(www.bbc.com)
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>Announcing the indefinite ban, Streeting said: "It is a scandal that medicine was given to vulnerable children without the proof that it was safe or effective."
So, if it *was* "safe and effective", the government would go right back to pushing it onto kids?
>But he added that the planned clinical trial by NHS England into the use of puberty blockers would go ahead.
Oh, look at that: a government "study" aiming to do just that.
>The ban would then be reviewed in 2027, he said, in the light of any new evidence that emerged.
Giving the activists two years to cry "discrimination" and make themselves look like victims, drawing in even more dumb kids and families.
The best thing governments can do here is say "this is not a recognized medical procedure, we aren't paying for it, you can if you can find a doctor". That means it's not actively pushed in public schools, not subsidized, and the only people doing it are creepy weirdos that have to fund it themselves, like what was happening before this bizarre ideological push began.
You can say it's child abuse, and you may be right, but plenty of people think not getting childhood vaccines or refusing blood transfusions is child abuse as well. I consider it to be up to the parents, not the government.
Private medical providers have no such restriction.
So it is "the best thing" as you put it.