Labor, Greens Reject Inquiry Into the Use of Puberty Blockers on Children
Published on March 21, 2024
The motion to investigate the use and impact of puberty blockers on children experiencing gender dysphoria has been rejected by the centre-left Labor government and the left-wing Greens. This was the second time the government rejected the inquiry, first introduced by One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson in late 2022. The move came amid a significant rise in the number of children diagnosed with gender dysphoria in Western countries, with more than 2,000 Australian children enrolled in public gender clinics in 2023, a 10-fold increase compared to 2014. Meanwhile, more than 600 children received puberty blocker treatments for gender dysphoria in 2021, compared to only five cases in 2014....