Labour Government may make puberty blocker ban permanent, High Court told

Government ‘Minded’ to Make Puberty Blocker Ban Permanent, High Court Told

The Labour government is “minded” to make permanent an emergency ban on puberty blockers issued by the Tories, the High Court was told on Friday. The Government Legal Department made the revelation in an email during a legal challenge against the ban, which currently covers the period between June 3 and Sept. 3. The banning order, which prohibits private gender clinics from prescribing puberty blockers to under-18s in England, Scotland, and Wale…

Ban on puberty blockers ‘driven by ex-health secretary’s personal views’

Trans rights activists take part in a protest against the ban on hormone blockers on April 20 (Picture: Getty) A ban on puberty blockers was motivated by the former health secretary’s ‘personal views’ and implemented ‘without taking clinical or other scientific advice’, the High Court has heard. Campaign group TransActual, and a young person who cannot be named, are making a bid to challenge the decision of now-shadow health secretary Victoria A…

New Brit Government to Permanently Ban Puberty Blockers

Labour Government may make puberty blocker ban permanent, High Court told

The Government is ‘minded to renew’ an emergency banning order over the medications which suppress the natural production of sex hormones.

Friday evening news briefing: Labour moves to ban puberty blockers permanently

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Labour could make Tories' puberty blocker ban permanent

Campaign group TransActual, and a young person who cannot be named, are making a bid to challenge the decision of now-shadow health secretary Victoria Atkins to impose a so-called "banning order" on puberty blockers, which suppress the natural production of sex hormones to delay puberty.