The United Kingdom indefinitely extended a ban on puberty blockers for people younger than 18, barring medication prescriptions used to treat gender dysphoria, the government announced this week.

Dec. 11 (UPI) --Britain announced Wednesday that a temporary ban barring the use of puberty blocker medication by minors is to become indefinite, stoking anger and criticism from LGBTQ advocates.

The ban on giving puberty blockers to under-18s questioning their gender identify is to be made permanent, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced. Streeting told MPs he was making the ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] LONDON (AP) — The British government ...

Puberty blockers are to be banned indefinitely after experts warned of an "unacceptable safety risk" to children. The Government has permanently banned the drugs that halt the sexual development ...

Puberty blockers prevent the onset of puberty in kids and are often administered as part of a medical gender transition regimen before other sex-suppressing hormone therapy and reconstructive ...

LONDON — The British government on Wednesday indefinitely banned puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria after independent experts found there was an unacceptable safety risk in ...

Puberty blockers are to be banned indefinitely in the UK after an expert review warned that the drugs posed an “unacceptable safety risk” to children. The Government said that an independent ...

The block has sparked conversation over rights for transgender youth (Picture: PA) Puberty blockers for those under 18 with gender dysphoria will be banned indefinitely, the government has announced.

Controversial "puberty blockers" are set to be "indefinitely" banned in the UK, the Department for Health and Social Care has said. Wes Streeting's department announced that the treatments - clinical ...

Puberty blockers for under 18s with gender dysphoria with be banned indefinitely in the UK because of an “unacceptable safety risk”, the Department of Health and Social Care, led by Wes Streeting, has ...