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Old 9th October 2022, 13:11     #1720
fixed_truth
 
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Originally Posted by Ab
That wasn’t calm, that was a Twitter bitch snarking for likes.

Hope nobody tells him that as of last month the NZ Ministry of Health doesn’t consider puberty-blocker drugs to be safe and reversible.
That's straight up fake news, of which the transphobic crowd rely on.

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The Ministry of Health is reiterating puberty blockers are safe and reversible for young people wanting to halt potentially unwanted physical changes, after minor changes on its website led anti-trans groups to claim its position on the medicine had changed.

“While puberty blockers are currently considered safe, all treatments have risks and benefits,” the ministry said in a statement.

It endorsed guidelines from the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA), which state: “Puberty blockers are considered to be fully reversible and allow the adolescent time prior to making a decision on starting hormone therapy.”

The changes were an effort to make it clear the ministry was not providing specific clinical advice for patients, as the suitability of any treatment should be assessed by a clinician, it said. “The use of any medicine or treatment is a matter for discussion between them and their patient.”
Puberty blockers still considered safe and reversible, health ministry says
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Originally Posted by Ab
The “illogical conservative” position that Stewart is snarking about is the scientific one. What Stewart’s interlocutor is expressing - admittedly clumsily - is the position supported by the scientific research. She may be a fundie Christian but that doesn’t mean the science isn’t on her side.

There is no clear evidence that the treatments in question are either necessary or safe, and a lot of evidence that they’re not. Stewart appears to be ignorant of that fact, which is weird considering it’s the subject of the “interview”.
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The use of puberty blockers in transgender youth is supported by seven American medical associations,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] four Australian medical associations,[13] the British Medical Association,[14] and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).[15]
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