Yet again the fears of strangers have been accorded a higher priority than the body autonomy of the people concerned.
We all have to come to terms with the fact that we have less say over our own bodies than conservative activists.
Deadliftdeadlife on
> The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has stepped in amid a growing backlash over the experiment, which was open to those as young as eight.
> In a letter to those running the trial, the MHRA said it wanted to discuss introducing a minimum age of 14 for participants.
>Regulators also raised concerns that giving drugs at the early stage of puberty, followed by cross-sex hormones, is very likely to render participants infertile.
>And it warns that using some puberty blockers for more than a year can “cause persistent and potentially permanent bone structural change”.
>Other concerns raised include the potential impact of the drugs on the functioning of the brain, with a recommendation that the advice of independent clinical experts be sought.
With those things in mind it’s understandable.
But the trials need to go ahead and if the outcomes are positive maybe more trials with younger ages can take place
WW3In321 on
14 is an age a lot of people will have started to go through puberty. Which doesn’t feel accidental.
Lady-Maya on
Got to love the slow genocide of trans kids by the constant pushing back of fair treatment and bullshit lines to basically force them from existence.
Remember when the whole BS around the Cass review was that there apparently wasn’t enough evidence to prove Puberty Blockers weren’t safe, despite almost every other developed country disagreeing with her?
Then they said we have to do the medical trial in the NHS to prove they are safe based on the NHS restrictions, but now they refuse to do the trial?
It’s just a constant pushing to genocide trans kids and push them out of existence, you can just claim there is no evidence, demand there is a trial to prove the evidence, then pause/cancel the trial.
This is just pure BS and giving into the transphobes and bigots.
AlyssaAlGaib on
Funny to see that the government can disregard their own “expert” review when it suits their ideological needs. But not when experts in the field its reviewing call out its flaws.
ChloeOnTheInternet on
Moving the goalposts as per usual.
First it was that there wasn’t enough evidence (despite an extensive body of evidence being dismissed for frivolous reasons) so they needed banned until a trial could be held.
Now the trial can’t be held because some children might not have hit puberty before going on puberty blockers.
Can’t wait to see which excuse they come up with next to justify continually shifting trans people out of public life.
Rollingerc on
>In a letter to those running the trial, the MHRA said it wanted to discuss introducing a minimum age of 14 for participants.
So they’re going to try get the study to use children in Tanner stage 4-5 rather than 2-3, which is the more effective and generally recommended stage to start puberty blockers at, nice.
“oh well we stopped the sex-based features developing after the vast majority of them had already developed and for some reason there were no statistically significant results wrt dysphoria, mental health, etc. Definitely not worth the risks, not approved”
>Regulators also raised concerns that giving drugs at the early stage of puberty, followed by cross-sex hormones, is very likely to render participants infertile.
Ridiculous. Taking cross-sex hormones without puberty blockers is very likely to render patients infertile. Taking the conjunction here has surely got to be intentionally malicious.
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[https://archive.is/20260220201446/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/20/child-puberty-blocker-trial-paused/](https://archive.is/20260220201446/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/20/child-puberty-blocker-trial-paused/)
Yet again the fears of strangers have been accorded a higher priority than the body autonomy of the people concerned.
We all have to come to terms with the fact that we have less say over our own bodies than conservative activists.
> The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has stepped in amid a growing backlash over the experiment, which was open to those as young as eight.
> In a letter to those running the trial, the MHRA said it wanted to discuss introducing a minimum age of 14 for participants.
>Regulators also raised concerns that giving drugs at the early stage of puberty, followed by cross-sex hormones, is very likely to render participants infertile.
>And it warns that using some puberty blockers for more than a year can “cause persistent and potentially permanent bone structural change”.
>Other concerns raised include the potential impact of the drugs on the functioning of the brain, with a recommendation that the advice of independent clinical experts be sought.
With those things in mind it’s understandable.
But the trials need to go ahead and if the outcomes are positive maybe more trials with younger ages can take place
14 is an age a lot of people will have started to go through puberty. Which doesn’t feel accidental.
Got to love the slow genocide of trans kids by the constant pushing back of fair treatment and bullshit lines to basically force them from existence.
Remember when the whole BS around the Cass review was that there apparently wasn’t enough evidence to prove Puberty Blockers weren’t safe, despite almost every other developed country disagreeing with her?
Then they said we have to do the medical trial in the NHS to prove they are safe based on the NHS restrictions, but now they refuse to do the trial?
It’s just a constant pushing to genocide trans kids and push them out of existence, you can just claim there is no evidence, demand there is a trial to prove the evidence, then pause/cancel the trial.
This is just pure BS and giving into the transphobes and bigots.
Funny to see that the government can disregard their own “expert” review when it suits their ideological needs. But not when experts in the field its reviewing call out its flaws.
Moving the goalposts as per usual.
First it was that there wasn’t enough evidence (despite an extensive body of evidence being dismissed for frivolous reasons) so they needed banned until a trial could be held.
Now the trial can’t be held because some children might not have hit puberty before going on puberty blockers.
Can’t wait to see which excuse they come up with next to justify continually shifting trans people out of public life.
>In a letter to those running the trial, the MHRA said it wanted to discuss introducing a minimum age of 14 for participants.
So they’re going to try get the study to use children in Tanner stage 4-5 rather than 2-3, which is the more effective and generally recommended stage to start puberty blockers at, nice.
“oh well we stopped the sex-based features developing after the vast majority of them had already developed and for some reason there were no statistically significant results wrt dysphoria, mental health, etc. Definitely not worth the risks, not approved”
>Regulators also raised concerns that giving drugs at the early stage of puberty, followed by cross-sex hormones, is very likely to render participants infertile.
Ridiculous. Taking cross-sex hormones without puberty blockers is very likely to render patients infertile. Taking the conjunction here has surely got to be intentionally malicious.