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Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at NHS England gender identity clinics in a new “blow” to gender-affirming healthcare.

Puberty blockers are a type of medicine that prevent puberty from starting by blocking the hormones – like testosterone and oestrogen – that lead to puberty-related changes in the body. In the case of trans youth, this can delay unwanted physical changes like menstruation, breast growth, voice changes or facial hair growth.

On Tuesday (12 March), NHS England confirmed the medicine, which has been described as “life-saving” medical care for trans youth, will only be available to young people as part of clinical research trials.

The government described the move as a “landmark decision”, Sky News reported. It believed such a move is in the “best interests of the child”.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I guess ill be the one to bite.

How do you consider this good news? All scientific literature indicates that prescribing puberty blockers to trans youth has a large benefit to the state of their current and future mental health, while also causing no harm as once they stop taking them, if they dont further transition, their regular puberty takes over with no decrease in how much they mentally and physically develop (dont forget, these are also regularly prescribed to cis kids too)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

They’re a troll, I’ve seen their account in other threads. If you look at their account they have all down votes. Like they’re trying to collect as many downvotes as they can.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Please link to all relevant scientific literature. Otherwise I'm going to assume you're just spouting talking points out of your ass because this stuff hasn't been studied as extensively as you claim.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Please do all the research for me...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The person who makes the claim is responsible for backing it up. So yes, if you're going to make a going you're going to do all the research.

Asking for the relevant scientific backing is a perfectly reasonable thing to ask.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

But they asked for all scientific research.