The pair are asking judges to ban the clinic from giving the treatment to children unless a court decides that it is in their best interests. They have accused the Tavistock and Portman NHS trust, which runs the gender identity development service (Gids) in north London, of misleading families about the nature of the treatment.
They argue that children and their parents are not adequately told of the risks and cannot give informed consent because of the centre’s “inaccurate and potentially misleading” description of hormone blockers. The trust rejects their claims.
The mother who is bringing the case says she opposes the treatment that doctors at the clinic plan to give her daughter, who has autism and is awaiting assessment for reassignment therapy. She says her daughter is among many children with autism being treated at the clinic. She wants the treatment of all children to stop until the clinic’s practices are reviewed and more is known about the effects of hormone blockers.
She is supported by Sue Evans, 62, a psychotherapist and mental health nurse from Beckenham, southeast London, who worked at the unit from 2003-07. She is concerned by how quickly children were referred for hormone treatment.
This quackery is in fact a human rights crime.
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Here is another video of the rally at the USSC last week from WoLF and other pro-women groups.
I don't know who the heckler with the megaphone is, but that person should have been asked to move across the street where the trans activists were. It is a safety issue.
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