The Government has been warned by an eminent group of pubic figures that a conversion therapy ban is “unnecessary and will lead to significant, harmful unintended consequences”. Camilla Turner in the Telegraph has more.
A cross-party group of MPs and peers as well as psychiatrists, psychologists, doctors and consultants has written to the Prime Minister to express their “grave concerns” about his proposals.
They warn that such legislation also risks criminalising therapists who do not “unconditionally affirm” a child’s desire to transition.
The previous government had proposed banning conversion therapy but it was never implemented because of concerns that parents, teachers and therapists could be criminalised for questioning a child’s belief that they were born in the wrong body.
Labour has now resurrected these plans, with the Government earlier this month launching a new Office for Equality and Opportunity, stating that one of its “key immediate priorities” will be “delivering a full, trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices”.
The new cross-departmental body will be spearheaded by Annelise Dodds, the Equalities Minister, who has previously vowed to make it easier to change gender.
But the letter’s 140 signatories – which include Graham Stringer, a senior Labour MP, and Dr. David Bell, the former Tavistock Centre governor – warn that if such a ban goes ahead, a “slippery slope towards criminalising parents awaits us”.
They point out the “serious and harmful unintended consequences” of the plans, adding that medical interventions known as “gender-affirming transition” have been revealed as a “major medical scandal”.
Earlier this year, Dr. Hilary Cass’s landmark report into the treatment of transgender children, advised that under-18s should not be rushed into treatment which they may later regret.
The report by Dr. Cass, a paediatric consultant, called for the “unhurried” care of those under-25 who think they may be transgender, an end to the prescribing of powerful hormone drugs to under-18s and early help for primary school children who want to socially transition.
The letter, organised by James Esses, a campaigner, states that: “Whistleblowers in this field have been vindicated by recent events, such as the final report of the independent Cass Review, the NHS decision to halt the prescription of puberty blockers, the closure of the GIDS gender clinic at the Tavistock, and the revelations contained within the WPATH files, amongst other things.
“Many confused and vulnerable children who medically transitioned through puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones have suffered irreversible developmental issues, physiological damage (such as loss of bone density, infertility and sexual dysfunction) and significant social and relational harms. Those most at risk are children who do not conform to traditional sex stereotypes.”
Worth reading in full.
Stop Press: You can see a list of the letter’s signatories (including my own) here.
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quite right too. vaccines are low risk and work great.
No, quite wrong! Nobody, especially concerning those of an age that the virus poses little risk to, should be coerced into having an experimental gene therapy that may pose more of a risk than the virus itself. I don’t know what planet you are in but I hope that it’s not the same one that I am on!
to slw infections, you can use lockdown or vaccine, yet you’ll always get the stubborn fellows who reject both and then wind up with both, serves the buggers right in a funny sort of way!
Why slow infections? Better to let it spread and allow the young and invulnerable to get immunity when young just like you do with chicken pox.
It would be madness to replace that natural immunity with blod clot causing gene changing experimental therapy that doesnt even work.
“to slw infections, you can use lockdown or vaccine”
No substantive evidence of that, Rip van Winkle.
You’d best go back to sleep.
*Distaval can be given with complete safety to pregnant women and nursing mothers without adverse effect on mother or child … Outstandingly safe Distaval has been prescribed for nearly three years in this country”
That’s from a contemporary advertisement for thalidomide, which was aggressively marketed at the time.
Outstandingly safe, mRNA vaccines have been prescribed for nearly three months in this country….
… and thalidomide was much more tested than the snake oil.
Do you not want students to learn that being healthy is your best immunity? I would have thought universities, as the ‘great seats of learning’, should be encouraging that, not a vaccine which removes all personal responsibility for one’s health. This also shows that universities are no longer places where a plurality of views are tolerated. That is the most disturbing element about this. University = how to fit into compliant culture (including cancel culture).
Biggest numpty in the world award goes to …
Glad to see them author use the word “coerce.”
Presumably they’ll be happy to payout compo for any serious side effects, and therefore happy to sign a liability statement to that effect prior to the students getting vaccinated.
Not just in the USA, but Canada too. My 17 year old niece has been awarded a scholarship to the University of Guelph for September 2021 and has now been informed that in order to attend she must have a covid vaccine! My brother and sister in law are incredibly upset and my niece is now being coerced in to doing something she doesn’t want to do nor needs.
She should tell them where to go
But the vaccines don’t prevent infection or transmiss…
…oh never mind, there’s no point in using logic or reason now that we are in the Age of the Endarkenment.
That’s a bare faced lie: one dose halves tranmission, two doses more that halves transmission.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56904993
A very questionable study!
Go right ahead and have your vaccine, Fon, it’s your choice! In fact, have mine too. Whether the vaccine works or not, the point is that no one should be coerced into getting one
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You’re linking to the BBC?
I can’t decide from your posts whether you just like winding people up or genuinely believe what you write.
I would really like you to change my mind on these vaccines so give it your best shot (pun intended). Here’s a clue, citing the BBC isnt going to do it.
https://khub.net/documents/135939561/390853656/Impact+of+vaccination+on+household+transmission+of+SARS-COV-2+in+England.pdf/35bf4bb1-6ade-d3eb-a39e-9c9b25a8122a?t=1619601878136
Feel free to go to the source material. It’s a significant analysis. You want Figure 2.
Mmmm … Source : Public Health England.
‘Infection’ definition? : “confirmed cases using PCR-based SARS-CoV-2 through national reporting systems”
Not an RCT.
Intra-household transmission normally only 17% according to other research.
“http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/“
I laughed so hard, the tears ran down me leg. Could explain a lot if you’re getting your misinformation from there!
Elbow in the middle. Arse further down.
You have no idea at all what you are talking about. No Covid vaccine prevents you catching or spreading Covid. You are so stupid the article you link to even states it:
“University of Warwick epidemiologist Mike Tildesley said the findings were significant but pressed people to continue to take up vaccination offers.
“We need to remember these vaccines are not 100% effective either at preventing severe symptoms or at allowing yourself to be infected ….”
By what measure, their extensive trials and PCR tests?
The whole shit-show is rigged. The tests are bollocks, the questions posed in the trials for the Lemsips were inadequate and still yet to be completed and the BBC are a bunch of bare faced cunts. You’re in good company.
Heavens, being young doesn’t look so inviting nowadays!
Last I checked, there had only been five specific cases of American college students who have died from or with COVID. There are approximately 20 million American college students, which means the odds of a college student dying from COVID over the past 14 months are 1-in-4-million.
As I keep posting, the probability a random American will get struck by lightning this year are 1-in-700,000.
Do colleges still teach statistics and probabilities? If so, why?
Some might say that the solution is to coerce college students into wearing a lightning conductor.
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You’re quoting the BBC?
I can’t decide from your posts whether you just like winding people up or are incredibly thick.
Nothing says he can’t be both. See also, Marianna Spring
Our youngest son is currently ‘zooming’ a PHD at Denver University, a private Uni. He was given no choice, have a jab or you can’t continue course and therefore can’t fulfil your visa requirements, therefore will be thrown out of the country. Nice!
He had it, he is early 30s. He has been brainwashed , even though he is usually intelligent, so he has talked as if he didn’t mind. I don’t really know what he really thinks, its a bit difficult having that conversation via a phone link.
Bastards!
For those new to the poster named “fon” please be aware he is of 77 Brigade and not very bright.
Best to ignore him or tell him to:
F. #ck O. ff N. ow