Scotland to follow UK under-18 puberty blocker ban
The temporary ban on drugs being given to under-18s questioning their gender identity had already been extended twice.
Britain bans puberty blockers for transgender minors
The United Kingdom indefinitely banned new prescriptions of puberty blockers to treat minors for gender dysphoria on Wednesday.
U.K. Bans Puberty Blockers for Teens Indefinitely
A freeze placed this year on their use to treat gender dysphoria will remain in place for young people under 18, except in clinical trials, Britain’s government said.
Puberty blockers for under-18s banned indefinitely
The ban on giving puberty blockers to under-18s questioning their gender identify is to be made permanent, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced. Streeting told MPs he was making the temporary ban introduced in May indefinite across the UK,
UK Bans Puberty Blockers for Under-18s With Gender Dysphoria
The UK government will indefinitely ban prescriptions of puberty blockers for children in cases of gender dysphoria, the condition characterized by distress over the incongruence between one’s gender identity and birth-assigned sex.
UK bans puberty blockers for minors while their safety is under review
The United Kingdom indefinitely banned puberty blockers for children after warnings about an “unacceptable safety risk” on Wednesday. Wes Streeting, the U.K.’s secretary of state for Health and Social Care,
Puberty blockers banned ‘permanently’ in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has joined the rest of the UK by indefinitely banning puberty blockers for trans youngsters. Deputy first minister Emma Little-Pengelly announced: “Today, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ministers,
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