Government ‘Minded’ to Make Puberty Blocker Ban Permanent, High Court Told

Published on July 13, 2024

The Labour government is “minded” to make permanent an emergency ban on puberty blockers issued by the Tories, the High Court was told on Friday. The Government Legal Department made the revelation in an email during a legal challenge against the ban, which currently covers the period between June 3 and Sept. 3. The banning order, which prohibits private gender clinics from prescribing puberty blockers to under-18s in England, Scotland, and Wales, was issued by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on May 29 when the Conservative’s Victoria Atkins was heading the department, and a week after a general election was called....

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