England Bans Puberty Blockers

March 15, 2024

National Health Services (NHS) England has announced that it will ban the use of puberty blockers in children with gender dysphoria. According to an article in The Guardian, NHS determined that “there was not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of puberty suppressing hormones to make the treatment routinely available at this time.”

The U.K. government stated that NHS England’s decision was in the “best interest of children.” The full article can be found here.