Comment on Children to stop getting puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, says NHS England
YaksDC@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I am not a doctor so I don’t know, but who will be uld need puberty blockers after age 18? I thought they were used to keep immobile, mentally challenged and nonverbal children small so parents could take care of them more easily as they age.
BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’ve never heard it that use of puberty blockers tbh. That is ethically dubious.
They are also used in children with precocious puberty - that is onset of puberty at an unusually early age. This is not being banned by the new guidance; it is specifically around the use in gender reassignment following the scandals around the Tavistock clinic.