Ban on Puberty Blockers Is Lawful, Judge Rules

A ban on the NHS and private clinics prescribing puberty blockers to gender-confused children by the Conservative government was lawful, a High Court judge ruled on Monday, paving the way for Labour to make the policy permanent. Campaign group TransActual and a 15-year-old trans-identified boy challenged the decision of the now shadow health secretary Victoria Atkins to impose the banning order in June, intended to bring the law for private clinics in line with NHS guidelines. The NHS had previously halted new prescriptions for children looking to delay the onset on puberty through the hormone altering drugs in the wake of the damning Cass Review, published in March, which laid bare the failings in the care given to vulnerable young people questioning their “gender identity.”...