The trend is toward disallowing...
The UK is the latest country to ban puberty blockers for trans kids. Why is Europe restricting them?
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A handful of European countries – such as Sweden, Denmark, and France – have also moved to limit their use to research settings or in exceptional circumstances, amid intense medical debate over how to care for the growing number of children who identify with a gender other than their biological sex.
“We've shifted into a direction saying if we're going to stop normal puberty in certain young people, then we need to do it with our eyes open [and] collect the data very carefully,” Dr Ashley Grossman, emeritus professor of endocrinology at the University of Oxford, told Euronews Health.
Several countries have restricted the use of puberty blockers, citing insufficient evidence on their benefits for gender-questioning youth and potential long-term effects.
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