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Some commentators are saying the #KeiraBell judgment undermines Gillick. They're wrong. See this blog by @TybilAlper womansplaceuk.org/2020/11/29/wom… #IStandWithKeiraBell
“Some commentary on the case has argued that a win for Bell presents a risk to Gillick competence, which governs circumstances in which children have capacity to consent to medical treatment & to Fraser guidelines, which set out criteria for contraceptive advice & prescribing.”
“The argument before the court, however, is much narrower. It concerns whether informed consent can ever be gained given the specific nature of the treatment:
From today’s judgement in the #KeiraBell case: “The third Intervener is @Transgendertrd, an organisation that provides evidence- based information & resources for parents & schools concerning children with GD. @cwknews is the director of that organisation...
she has filed a witness statement in these proceedings.
She set out concerns about the lack of evidence as to the impacts & effectiveness of PBs & in relation to which patients it is most likely to help. Much of her evidence focused on the increase of referrals to GIDS of...
She set out concerns about the lack of evidence as to the impacts & effectiveness of PBs & in relation to which patients it is most likely to help. Much of her evidence focused on the increase of referrals to GIDS of...
teenage natal girls & the cultural factors, including material on the internet & social media, which may play a part in this. She said that GIDS does not offer young people with GD a range of ways to interpret their experience, & the GIDS pathway offers a minimal challenge to...
The transgender medical experiment will be recalled as one of those grand delusions that appear every now and then in history; a mass delusion that kidnaps the minds of people who are otherwise usually sober and responsible, but for whatever reason take leave of their sanity.
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This experiment has its roots in a troupe of twentieth century philosophers and sexologists. They adopted Sartre’s idea that a person has no real fixed identity, and pilfered Nietzsche’s concept of “affirmation.”
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These philosophers believed that binary oppositions, things such as male/female are unstable, unfixed, and that the body is without meaning. Meaning is projected onto it. This was “identity projection”. Gender is “a free-floating artifice” they suggested.
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The actual Bell vs Tavistock judgment:
1) Children under 16 can only get puberty blockers if they are able to consent.
2) That is enormously difficult.
In other words: Don't even think about it.
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judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl…
1) Children under 16 can only get puberty blockers if they are able to consent.
2) That is enormously difficult.
In other words: Don't even think about it.
#KeiraBell
judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl…
Court ruling on a child's ability to consent to puberty blockers by age:
13 and under: highly unlikely to be competent to consent
14-15: doubtful they could understand risks & consequences
16 and over: doctors might want prior authorisation of the court
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13 and under: highly unlikely to be competent to consent
14-15: doubtful they could understand risks & consequences
16 and over: doctors might want prior authorisation of the court
#IStandWithKeiraBell
To his previous "dark money funds feminists" delusion, Jolyon Maugham now adds the "dark web", where 11-year-old girls in droves will obviously be heading to purchase their puberty blockers with their bitcoin accounts.
Oooh, so dark.
Oooh, so dark.
We have been asked to clarify what the process of judicial review is and what the consequences are.
First - there is a basic distinction between civil and criminal law. A ‘trial’ usually means a criminal case. If it’s civil we say ‘hearing’.
First - there is a basic distinction between civil and criminal law. A ‘trial’ usually means a criminal case. If it’s civil we say ‘hearing’.
Criminal cases are almost always bought by the State against an individual. Private prosecutions are very, very rare. The standard of proof is very high as conviction can lead to loss of liberty.
Judicial review is a civil remedy.
Judicial review is a civil remedy.
It’s a mechanism to get the courts to decide if a ‘public body’ has acted lawfully. It doesn’t look at the merits of the decision or failure to act but it questions the decision making process. Was it rational? Was it reasonable?
Have you been wondering what the difference between Gillick competence + Fraser guidelines is?
Gillick: child’s capacity to consent. Fraser: guidelines to decide if a child can consent to contraceptive or sexual health advice/treatment.
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More reading below
Gillick: child’s capacity to consent. Fraser: guidelines to decide if a child can consent to contraceptive or sexual health advice/treatment.
#IStandWithKeiraBell
More reading below
Here is a useful and up-to-date primer on Gillick and Fraser from the CQC: cqc.org.uk/guidance-provi…
Here is a further discussion piece regarding the Keira Bell case:
childprotectionresource.online/children-compe… via @SVPhillimore
“Any suggestion that the Bell case will somehow ‘destroy’ Gillick competence and deny 15 year old girls the right to contraception or abortion, is simply wrong.”
childprotectionresource.online/children-compe… via @SVPhillimore
“Any suggestion that the Bell case will somehow ‘destroy’ Gillick competence and deny 15 year old girls the right to contraception or abortion, is simply wrong.”
1/ A bit about WPATH. #IStandWithKeiraBell From an affidavit by Dr Stephen B Levine, who has worked with dysphoric ppl since 1974, chaired the 5th Standards of Care of WPATH, then known as HBIGDA.
It's become 'dominated by politics & ideology'
It's become 'dominated by politics & ideology'
2/ It's open to non-professionals (despite being called 'World Professional...')
It takes a decided view on issues as to which there is a wide range of opinion among professionals.
It takes a decided view on issues as to which there is a wide range of opinion among professionals.
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This is really troubling. It shows just how the rule of law is being attacked by those who wish to prop up an ideology which finds no support in law or fact.
This is a clear allegation of judicial corruption.
This is a clear allegation of judicial corruption.
We are not entirely sure WHY Mermaids and Stonewall’s efforts to intervene were rejected. One possibility is that they simply left it too late and missed the deadline. Which is interesting if true.
Because it raises the suspicion that this was done deliberately - knowing their arguments could not sustain even a few moments scrutiny, they can now push a narrative that they have been unfairly shut out.
"Puberty blockers and sex hormones can be dispatched via a “quick, discreet delivery” once they pay for prescriptions from a private clinic abroad. This allows people to avoid some checks and safeguards that protect children who are referred for NHS treatment."
pharmaceutical-journal.com/news-and-analy… "Helen Webberly, the founder of online resource provider and specialist network, GenderGP..says there is no reason why more pharmacists cannot undergo additional training in order to be involved with gender identity services...
