Gender dysphoria: Puberty blockers court ruling thrown out

The UK case inflamed divisions globally over the treatment of children
Keira Bell.
Keira Bell.

The controversial High Court judgment in the UK declaring children under 16 diagnosed with gender dysphoria lack Gillick competency to consent to puberty blocker treatment has been thrown out.

A legal challenge was launched against the Tavistock gender clinic in London by Keira Bell, who started taking puberty blockers as a teenager before having a double mastectomy four years later.