Gender-confused kids in Scotland will still be allowed to take experimental puberty-blocking drugs, under proposed country-wide standards. The standards, which are open for public consultation until March, were commissioned by the Scottish Government as part of its wider gender identity services framework for 2022-2024. ‘Shocking’Although Healthcare Improvement Scotland claimed that its proposals are based on “best practice and consensus”, campaign group For Women Scotland called the decision to continue prescribing young people puberty blockers: “Absolutely shocking”. For example, the drugs threaten future fertility, possibly brain development, and likely result in decreased bone mineralisation (meaning a higher risk of fractures). Gender self-IDLast week, Scotland’s Outer House of the Court of Session ruled that the UK Government acted lawfully in vetoing Holyrood’s gender self-ID Bill.

Source: The Times December 15, 2023 08:58 UTC