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submitted 7 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/globalnews@lemmy.zip

Confirmation comes after public consultation and decision to close Gender Identity Development Service in London

Archived version: https://archive.ph/33GMN

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[-] YaksDC@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I am not a doctor so I don't know, but who would 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. A practice I do not condone.

[-] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 7 points 7 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.

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