Legislators in at least two U.S. states are citing a recent decision in England to restrict gender transitions for young people as support for their own related proposals.
They weren’t the first to turn to other countries, notably in Europe, for policy and research ideas. Lawmakers across the U.S., where at least 23 states now have tightened or removed access to transgender health care for minors, have routinely cited non-U.S. research or policies as justification for their legislation.
Yet leading health organizations in the United States and Europe continue to decisively endorse gender-affirming care for both transgender youths and adults.
Among other things, they argue that restrictions on things like hormone therapy tend to single out transgender youths, even though other young people also can benefit from them. And transgender advocates and allies see a political attempt to erase them, cloaked as concern for children.
The years of blocked puberty is not reversible. You don’t get that time back. Nor does the body properly deal with a stunted puberty years after it was supposed to happen.
Delayed puberty is still puberty. It’s not going to adversely affect a person’s life. However, going through the wrong puberty will irreversibly and greatly harm the health of a trans teen.
Better a delayed puberty than a wrong or precocious one.
And yes, studies have shown that puberty continues as normal once they’re off hormone blockers.
You’re just mad that there’s medication that makes trans people stop being suicidal. If your goal was to protect kids then your ire would be directed at churches.