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U.S. Supreme Court: Idaho can enforce ban on sex changes for children
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 15, 2024 / 18:45 pm The United States Supreme Court awarded Idaho emergency relief that will allow the state to enforce its ban on doctors performing sex-change operations on children and providing them with sex-change drugs. In a 6-3 decision on Monday, the Supreme …
Puberty blockers may cause irreversible harm to young boys, Mayo Clinic study finds
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Apr 11, 2024 / 13:35 pm When parents seek medical help for their gender-confused children, they are assured that puberty blockers are “reversible” treatment that pauses puberty, offering the “chance to explore gender identity.” But a Mayo Clinic study published in late March found that boys who take …
BREAKING: England’s National Health Service ends puberty blockers for kids
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 12, 2024 / 18:25 pm Doctors in England can no longer prescribe puberty blockers to children to facilitate a gender transition, according to an announcement from the country’s public health care system, the National Health Service (NHS). “Puberty blockers … are not available to …
Ohio bans sex changes for kids, overriding Gov. DeWine’s veto
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 24, 2024 / 16:00 pm Ohio lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to prohibit doctors from facilitating sex changes for children on Wednesday, Jan. 24, in a successful override of Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of the legislation. The bill, which will go into effect in 90 days, prohibits all …
Do we know enough about puberty blockers? No, according to N.Y. Times report
by Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Nov 22, 2022 / 11:30 am The use of puberty blockers on self-identified transgender children and teens has drawn scrutiny in a recent New York Times article, and other commentators echo its concerns that the treatments lack strong evidential grounding and may even be …