Interfere in the natural process of human growth with chemicals. What could go wrong? Apparently plenty according to first Holland and now Great Britain which attempted that very unnatural experiment.
However, ABCNews.com chose "race and culture" (not medical) reporter Kiara Alfonseca to recruit a conga line of experts to insist that puberty blockers are a good idea on Wednesday in "England's NHS halts puberty blockers for transgender youth amid research efforts."
Here's how you know what you're gonna get: Alfonseca's "pinned tweet" links to a Pride Month piece she did on how the LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs is living after the Club Q mass shooting. (Nowhere in that article does Alfonseca note the shooter was "non-binary" and uses "they/them" pronouns.)
England's National Health Service has banned the use of puberty blockers for the treatment of gender dysphoria or gender incongruence in transgender minors.
..."We have concluded that there is not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of puberty suppressing hormones to make the treatment routinely available at this time," an NHS spokesperson told ABC News in a statement.
Uh-oh! It doesn't sound safe but commonsense can pretty much tell us that if the natural growth process is interfered with. Time now for Alfonseca to go find the experts to match the LGBTQ line.
When children experiencing gender dysphoria or gender incongruence reach puberty, physicians told ABC News that families and their care providers sometimes consider the use of puberty blockers to delay the development of gendered characteristics, including the growth of breasts and facial hair, as well as changes in a person's voice.
Physicians and researchers told ABC News in a past interview that puberty blockers are a decades-old practice that has been widely used on children who experience puberty earlier than what is typical.
The Endocrine Society, an international organization of more than 18,000 endocrinologists, calls the medication "fully reversible." Once blockers are stopped, puberty continues with little to no proven side effects, according to health professionals.
Fully reversible with no unfortunate side effects. Is that a guarantee? How about this novel idea? You just let the natural growth process continue unhindered by drugs. The proven natural way that has worked for hundreds of thousands of years.
"Puberty blockers allow more time to explore gender identity" and allow families to determine their plans for the future regarding gender and gender-affirming care, Endocrine Society guidelines say.
Sorry, but Mother Nature does not provide a pause button on puberty so minors can participate in the latest trendy political ideology such as to "explore gender identity."
The weirdest thing is that after the ABC News race and culture, but not medical, reporter performed her puberty blocker spin control she provided very scary reasons to stay away from it.
The Endocrine Society says the risks of using puberty blockers include low bone mineral density, headaches, hot flashes, fatigue and mood alterations.
Professionals who spoke with ABC News said they haven't seen fertility issues in people who temporarily use puberty blockers. However, it's stated as a risk by the Endocrine Society based on when puberty blockers are used.
And that is only part of the reasons why the British NHS has banned puberty blockers which still remain such a religion here in America with the left that it is taboo to challenge it. Alfonseca had to keep underlining that "major medical associations" march on the line that "gender-affirming care" can be "medically necessary," which isn't science.
Major medical associations in the United States, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and others agree that gender-affirming care is safe, effective, beneficial and medically necessary.
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