Campaigners question ethics of puberty-blocker trial in legal letter to Streeting

Wes Streeting issued warning over puberty blocker trial for children

Shadow Equalities Minister calls on Health Secretary to halt the controversial study

Amy Hamm: U.K. puberty blocker trial asks children to consider freezing eggs, sperm

Imagine asking a child as young as 10 to consider whether they want to freeze their sperm or eggs in order to one day have babies, should they become infertile. It sounds patently insane.

Legal Challenge Targets UK National Health Service Puberty Blocker Trial

Campaigners have launched a legal action aimed at suspending a new NHS-funded trial of puberty blockers, claiming the research could harm participating children. The Pathways trial, run by King’s College London, plans to recruit about 226 children aged 10 to 15 over three years. The trial was commissioned following last year’s Cass review, which found gender medicine for minors relied on weak evidence. Participants will either receive puberty bl…

Gender critical campaigners demand puberty blockers trial be scrapped

Gender critical campaigners are threatening legal action over the NHS puberty blockers trial, arguing it will be harmful to children.

NHS-backed puberty blocker trial branded 'unlawful and illegitimate' amid High Court challenge

The Director of Campaigns at Sex Matters has declared the approval of an NHS-backed puberty blocker trial "not lawful or legitimate"

Campaigners send legal letter calling for puberty blocker trial to be stopped

Researchers expect to see the first patients available for recruitment in the new year, with results expected in around four years.