Banning puberty blockers is a political decision, not a medical one

Ian Powell is 100% right…

GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – High Court provides an opportunity for political puberty blocker ban review

…banning Puberty Blockers is a political decision, not a medical one.

I absolutely agree that there needed to be more checks and balances on Puberty Blocker use…

…and the Cass Review successfully argued that there needed to be more research into puberty blockers, but the Cass Review also took into account the regret of those who had surgically transitioned and that’s just not something we have a hell of a lot of in NZ. Puberty Blockers alongside other treatments are the main ‘transitioning’ in NZ, where as the Cass Review had to take into account the growing number ion mostly young women who had transitioned surgically.

The reality is we don’t have the problems the UK had because we don’t have that many surgical transitions.

So yes, we need more research into puberty blockers and how they impact while limiting surgical transition to only those who truly require it, but what the Government has done here isn’t a medical decision, it’s a political one.

Only you, your guardian, your psychologist and your dr should be  involved in this discussion, what the fuck is the Government doing getting involved in medical care?

This is about using the resentment the middle class woke have generated and manufacturing that into a toxic culture war political attack on the trans community for the lowest gutter politics dog whistling.

This Government doesn’t give a shit about Trans Kids, they care about dog whistling to their reactionary right voters while pretending to care about Trans kids.

I am the first to argue that the way the Trans and their woke middle class allies have gone about trying to secure their rights has been counterproductive and deeply alienating, but we can’t allow their idiocy to doom an entire group of people.

This is a political culture war attack and the State shouldn’t be deciding your medical needs, that’s between you and your dr!

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