Gender dysphoria: Puberty blockers court ruling thrown out
The UK case inflamed divisions globally over the treatment of children
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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.