Following publication of a damning report on the dangers of gender transition procedures for children, Scotland officially is halting the prescription of puberty blockers and hormone drugs to minors.
Scotland’s sole gender clinic for minors, Glasgow-based Sandyford Sexual Health Service, announced Thursday that it no longer would refer children under 18 to pediatric endocrinology to be prescribed puberty blockers or hormone drugs.
Earlier this month, the U.K. government published The Cass Review, a much-anticipated report of nearly 400 pages compiled by an esteemed pediatrician, Dr. Hilary Cass, on gender transition procedures for children. Cass worked on the report for four years.
“The reality is that we have no good evidence on the long-term outcomes of interventions to manage gender-related distress,” the report declares. “This is an area of remarkably…
