A new petition by a coalition of physicians and organizations is calling on the FDA to take action in response to the growing and dangerous trend of the off-label use of puberty blockers in children to treat “gender dysphoria.”
Puberty blockers are FDA-approved for certain uses but use as a treatment for gender dysphoria remains unapproved (or "off-label"). As you might expect, blocking the normal course of puberty has many serious known and potential risks to kids' health.
Gender ideologues not only misrepresent these risks but also make overblown claims about the benefits of puberty blockers in alleviating gender dysphoria. In fact, multiple reviews of scientific evidence by foreign health authorities have found the evidence supporting this use to be "poor." In other words, the medical establishment is casually subjecting children who are often emotionally troubled, same-sex attracted, or both, to lifelong harms—including infertility—with unknown benefit. Or, as Helen Joyce has put it, "they're sterilizing gay kids."
TAKE ACTION! Join WoLF in supporting this petition demanding the FDA take action to protect children:
https://womensliberationfront.org/news/tell-the-fda-to-address-off-label-use-of-puberty-blockers-in-children
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