It seems we are not going to be able to take it easy in 2020.
It’s very hard to see how this official guidance can be lawful. We would need to see what assessment the NHS have done of the impact of this policy.
It’s very hard to see how this official guidance can be lawful. We would need to see what assessment the NHS have done of the impact of this policy.
What is the impact on
A) the welfare of the child
B) the implications for doctors of a child is not ‘Gillick competent’ - I.e cannot consent to medical intervention
C) the implications for the moral and legal obligations on parents to exercise their parental responsibilities
A) the welfare of the child
B) the implications for doctors of a child is not ‘Gillick competent’ - I.e cannot consent to medical intervention
C) the implications for the moral and legal obligations on parents to exercise their parental responsibilities
AND of course the Article 8 rights of parents and children for their family life to be respected by the State.
Of course we understand that sometimes parents don’t do the right thing for their children and sometimes the State has to step in to protect the children.
Of course we understand that sometimes parents don’t do the right thing for their children and sometimes the State has to step in to protect the children.
But since when did the State step in to override a parents’ legitimate concerns about early transition of children?
What’s the evidence that this is the right thing to do? Where is the evidence that anyone has even thought about this?
What’s the evidence that this is the right thing to do? Where is the evidence that anyone has even thought about this?
We are really worried that what we are seeing here is the same casual disregard for fundamental human rights shown by CoP and Humberside at #FairCopJR.
This is really serious.
Our member @SVPhillimore wrote about it here transgendertrend.com/transitioning-…
This is really serious.
Our member @SVPhillimore wrote about it here transgendertrend.com/transitioning-…
Sarah will also be delivering a paper at an international conference on family law in July 2020 about the obvious tensions inherent in promoting a very young child’s ‘wish’ to transition agaisnt consideration of all legal issues at play.
Either our law and policy makers wake up to the legal implications of handing over policy decisions entirely to unaccountable pressure groups who don’t understand the law - or they can brace themselves for continuing judicial review of their harmful and unlawful policies.
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