OTOH, Scottish Council on Human Bioethics & an extensive report from a senior paediatrician. OTO, gov funded, ideologically-driven, non-medical lobby groups. Guess which one @scotgov @ScotGovFM listens to?! They've prob had enough of experts.
#No2SelfID
thetimes.co.uk/article/scotti…
#No2SelfID
thetimes.co.uk/article/scotti…
We wonder if @MaggieChapman or @Cmacf76 are going to pick up the bill for the Local Authorities and the Scottish NHS when the inevitable negligence claims begin. We wonder why they presume to think they know better than Hillary Cass and the Council of Human Bioethics?
Dr Calum MacKellar said: “The proposals in the bill are unreasonable since the latest and most comprehensive studies to date [2022] show that a high prevalence of mental disorders, such as autism spectrum traits, often exist in persons with gender dysphoria/incongruence.
“If the Scottish parliament accepts this bill from the government, and removes the protection provided by a medical opinion before gender transitioning takes place, this will inevitably lead to some young Scottish persons being harmed.”
thetimes.co.uk/article/holyro…
thetimes.co.uk/article/holyro…
"Puberty blockers have known serious side effects, with uncertainty about their long-term use. They do not improve mental health. Without medication, most will desist from the dysphoria in time. Yet over 90% of those treated with puberty blockers progress to cross-sex hormones/
"and often surgery, with irreversible consequences. The brain is biologically and socially immature in childhood and unlikely to understand the long-term consequences of treatment. The prevailing culture to affirm the dysphoria is critically reviewed./
"It is concluded that children are unable to consent to the use of puberty blockers."
From a paper by the chair of the council in June of this year - which they have also ignored!
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
From a paper by the chair of the council in June of this year - which they have also ignored!
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
In preference, @S_A_Somerville is standing by this, "basically a fatter version of the old LGBT Youth document, riddled with the same problematic theories and the same potentially dangerous and discriminatory advice."
thecritic.co.uk/total-dummies/
thecritic.co.uk/total-dummies/
Complaints are met with a get out of jail free card, with the gov claiming it's "non statutory".
Fine, but it carries the Gov's imprint and, if implemented, someone, somewhere will have to carry the can and explain why they preferred this to real research & experts.
Fine, but it carries the Gov's imprint and, if implemented, someone, somewhere will have to carry the can and explain why they preferred this to real research & experts.
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