Thread by @SEGMtweets

The UK High Court rules that #PubertyBlockers for normally-timed puberty are experimental and that young gender-dysphoric people (under 16) are unlikely to be able to provide meaningful informed consent.

Read SEGM's full statement below:
segm.org/UK_HighCourt_R…
#KeiraBell
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It is not yet known whether there is long-term psychological harm or benefit, whether suicide rates are increased, decreased or unchanged, and whether blockers contribute to longer-term persistence of gender dysphoria and adverse impacts on future morbidity and mortality. /2

Ethical practitioners must humbly recognize the significant uncertainties in the field of gender medicine. We hope that the Court's landmark judgement will mark the beginning of international commitment to generating quality evidence base for young people with #GenderDysphoria./3