An emergency ban on puberty blockers that was introduced by the previous UK government was lawful, the High Court has ruled.
Campaign group TransActual, and a young person who cannot be named, made a bid to challenge the decision.It came after now-shadow health secretary Victoria Atkins imposed a "banning order" on puberty blockers, which suppress the natural production of sex hormones to delay puberty.
In her 62-page ruling, Mrs Justice Lang said: "In my judgment, the Cass Review's findings about the very substantial risks and very narrow benefits associated with the use of puberty blockers, and the recommendation that in future the NHS prescribing of puberty blockers to children and young people should only take place in a clinical trial, and not routinely, amounted to powerful scientific evidence in support of restrictions on the supply of puberty blockers on the grounds that they...
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