Comment on New Zealand bans puberty blockers for young transgender people
Greddan@feddit.org 1 day ago
Kids are stupid and can’t consent. Doesn’t matter if it’s about receiving hormones, or jesus christ into their hearts.
Kids are stupid and can’t consent.
Right, which is the entire fucking point of blocking puberty: to put off the issue until they can consent!
The least-risky/least-permanent option is to give them the blockers, not withhold them from them! I am sick and tired of conservatives’ ass-backward nonsense trying to pretend the opposite.
You also are stupid, but I’d still let you have some decision-making authority on matters of your own medical care.
skye@lemmy.world 1 day ago
kind of the reason why puberty blockers are only given after going through specialists that make sure the kid isn’t just being stupid
turdas@suppo.fi 1 day ago
This ban, along with similar bans in other countries whose medical system isn’t run by Big Pharma, is being enacted because medical specialists raised concerns about the lack of evidence in support of puberty blockers, as well as their unknown risks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Review
Trusting the experts is a two-way street; you still have to respect their expertise when they say something you disagree with.
toomanypancakes@piefed.world 1 day ago
Did you even read the Wikipedia article you linked? It's talking up and down it how controversial that study is and how widely it's been criticized by pretty much every organization that's ever worked with a trans person.
Don't be lazy.
turdas@suppo.fi 1 day ago
Of course such organizations would criticize the study; they are ideologically predisposed to doing so. The broader consensus is still in support of the study. Several other European countries have done their own reviews with pretty much the same findings. Not all of them have resulted in outright bans like in the UK and now NZ, because sometimes adjusting prescription guidelines is enough, depending on how the local medical processes work.
skye@lemmy.world 1 day ago
the cass review is famously idiotic by now. also mentioning “big pharma” lol.
i will trust any expert that does research and makes sure their research is of quality. Maybe you should listen to your own advice and listen to the experts (actual ones) you disagree with
turdas@suppo.fi 1 day ago
According to a minority of experts.
Lack of medical regulation is very much a big pharma interest.
I’m not going to bother arguing with you about this because it is clearly an ideological issue for you where you personally consider the (as of yet) difficult to quantify benefits of this medication vastly more important than the numerous possible side effects of messing with the endocrine system of an immature body. Healthcare experts in pretty much every European country caution their use, all for the same reasons as those cited in the Cass report. As such a ban (well, in this case moratorium really) is clearly justifiable.