A ban on puberty blockers brought in by the Tories before the election could be made permanent as the Labour Party takes a harder stance on transgender issues. The Telegraph has the story.
Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, intends to stop powerful hormone blockers being given to children via any means, subject to the outcome of a legal hearing.
Laws to ban the blockers being supplied to children by private or off-shore clinics were passed by Victoria Atkins, his predecessor, in emergency legislation ahead of the General Election.
But these are due to expire on September 3rd and the new Government had to decide whether to pass a law to make it permanent. It is understood Labour will now seek to renew the ban with a view to making it permanent.
Mr. Streeting said he would “always put the safety of children first”, adding: “Our approach will continue to be informed by Dr. Cass’s review, which found there was insufficient evidence to show puberty blockers were safe for under-18s.
“This ban brings the private sector in line with the NHS. We are committed to providing young people with the evidence-led care that they deserve.”
It comes after criticism of the party for its stance on women’s rights.
The appointment of Anneliese Dodds as the Minister for Women and Equalities sparked a row this week with Lesbian Labour, which claims to represent “the voices of lesbians in the Labour Party”, saying Ms. Dodds “doesn’t get it”.
J.K. Rowling, Martina Navratilova and other feminist campaigners hit out at Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to appoint Ms. Dodds, who has previously said there are many definitions of a woman.
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“This ban brings the private sector in line with the NHS. We are committed to providing young people with the evidence-led care that they deserve.”
What have children ever done to deserve this?
I would have preferred him to say “Puberty blockers are evil” but at least it’s a step in the right direction.
Whenever you hear from authority the words “We are committed to………”, then be afraid, be very afraid. be suspicious, be very suspicious, be cautious, be very cautious and infact don’t believe a single word till you have seen it all take place with your own eyes.
What did Ronald Reagan say once “Time to be afraid when somebody says to you “I am from the government and I am here to help””. Started reading some Vernon Coleman- he is very scathing of the medical community.
Dr Coleman is always worth reading. He got me through the first few months of the Scamdemic.
With community used as a euphemism for hierarchy? It should be a profession.
Now distorted by managers and politicians at the top of the pile.
Just like vaccine passports are not the “British way”, said the slimy old bruiser!
Wow, Labour doing something good and in the interests of the people? It’s just a shame this is the exception rather than the rule when it comes to their policies.
Meanwhile, this heartbreaking case in Switzerland is absolutely criminal. Authorities have removed a 16yr old girl from her family because they refused to go along with her wanting to transition to a ‘boy’, so the Swiss psychopaths are going to do that for her instead. Sick society. Gender ideology is a toxic and damaging social contagion. How many other parents must live in fear of this happening to them if their kid is effected ( ‘infected’ ) by the woke mind virus?
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”The Swiss government has stolen a child from her parents, after they refused to give their girl puberty blockers!
For more than a year, she has been placed in a government home, and authorities may now begin medically transitioning her without her parents’ consent!”
https://x.com/BillboardChris/status/1811434794947129351
Press release here, plus Billboard Chris telling inconvenient truths ( bloody right-wing extremist! ), which is why he faces so much hate and backlash when he’s out and about, opposing and exposing the madness;
”Commenting on the case, parental rights campaigner Billboard Chris said:
“No child has ever been born in the “wrong body”. As parents, we have the duty to guide and protect our children as they navigate puberty – steering them away from harmful ideologies, and empowering them to feel confident in their own skin.
This chilling case exposes the troubling grip of Western authorities: trampling over the health and wellbeing of a child for the sake of an ideology, and remaining severely out of touch with the leading science – including the evidence brought forward by the recent Cass Report about the harmful impact of puberty blockers on young females. The world should pay attention: the right outcome here is significant in the fight to protect kids everywhere.”
https://adfinternational.org/news/swiss-parents
“Labour doing something good and in the interests of the people” ————Read the small print first. A history of speaking with forked tongue cannot simply be erased and ignored.
Streeting has been monstered on Twitter.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTFI4MP0OIZjvJXS-DFZ1AWAOsI75mIxqoW7obyKCxVc5PGUnmoFS4IR9shHCeqlyfPZe5XsNcK9YaL/pub
One of the tweets talks about “trans families” – I would have thought a species destined for extinction
Then maybe the Slovakian minister in the article I shared in the Round-up has a valid point, going by the evidence that’s so prevalent it can’t be ignored. It must certainly be one of the contributing factors, after all, once you start medically/surgically transitioning kids and young people infertility is one of the outcomes. Then they’re royally screwed if they realise it was all one huge mistake years down the line and experience buyer’s remorse.
But *you know who* will keep blaming the women and reducing this extensive and complex subject down to a male vs female issue because it suits their ‘blame game’ agenda.
They will probably be treated with contempt like vaccine injured.
Had the Conservatives tried this, they would have been attacked by all the usual msm publications and the Labour Party who would have called them transphobes and any other slurs they could find. Then in power, they enact the same policy without anyone in the msm raising their voice in protest. It is always one rule for the left another for the (so-called) right.
They did do it, on the day before the election. Streeting is simply making the temporary ban permanent. I would hazard a guess that Streeting had an agreement with Atkins on this.
The media just prefer asking how the moving was and have they measured the curtains, there was a clip on GBN last week.
The Conservatives had sufficient of a majority to ignore the ranting of the MSM and Labour.
With the three harpies on the front bench, I think Labour are going to take the line of … we’ve done Cass – we’re not going to be blamed for medicalising children – the Tories let that happen, we’ll ban ‘men’ from women’s sports and loos, but we’ll make it very easy for anybody to identify their way out of being a man, by letting the Webberley empire sign off on it (for a fee, naturally).
I’ve interacted at points in my life with Streetings step father who was actually vaguely rational and told me Wes was sound in certain areas. Expect Wes to get the Frank Field treatment in short order by the fanatics like Milliband!
Puberty blockers were invented before the trans issue. Do they have a genuine medical use not connected with the trans issue? Just asking
I think they are used to slow down early onset puberty in children
Yes banning puberty blockers that affect a handful of kiddies around the country right at the top of the to do list bt the new Labour gov’t, here in little Britain. Meanwhile the fact that Rome is burning is of no consequence. Good luck britain.