UK Has Banned Puberty Blockers for Kids; Here’s What Canadian Provinces Say

The United Kingdom recently decided to ban puberty blockers for minors due to safety concerns, but Alberta remains the only Canadian province planning to do the same. Following the UK ban announced on March 12, the health ministries of Quebec, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories told The Epoch Times they will not consider a ban. The other provinces and territories did not respond by publication time, though Ontario said earlier this year it won’t consider a ban. “We have concluded that there is not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of PSH [puberty suppressing hormones] to make the treatment routinely available at this time,” the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) said in its decision....