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<p>NHS gives directive to doctors regarding gender dysphoria.</p>
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<p>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).</p>
<p>“Puberty blockers … are not available to children and young people for gender incongruence or gender dysphoria because there is not enough evidence of safety and clinical effectiveness,” the NHS England website’s <a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gender-dysphoria/treatment/" target="null" rel="noopener">section on “treatment” for gender dysphoria</a> reads after the update.</p>
<p>The drugs block a child’s natural developments during puberty by preventing the production of hormones, such as testosterone and estrogen. For example, they prevent height growth, a girl’s breast development, and a boy’s facial hair growth, among other things.</p>
<p>“Children, young people, and their families are strongly discouraged from getting puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormones from unregulated sources or online providers that are not regulated by U.K. regulatory bodies,” the website’s text reads. </p>
<p>More than half of the states in the United States still allow doctors to prescribe puberty blockers to children. </p>
<p><i>This is a developing story.</i></p>
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<br /><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/england-s-national-health-service-ends-puberty-blockers-for-kids">Source link </a></p>
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England’s National Health Service Ends Puberty Blockers for Kids| National Catholic Register
