The government-run health services over there in Mother England have reached a controversial conclusion. The majority of children wondering about their sex is “a “transient phase” and that [in] “most cases gender incongruence does not persist into adolescence.”
A globally recognized government agency that the American left aspires to here in the New World (the NHS) just told doctors to hold off on the scalpels for a just wee bit.
The clinical approach has to be mindful of the risks of an inappropriate gender transition and the difficulties that the child may experience in returning to the original gender role upon entering puberty if the gender incongruence does not persist into adolescence,
Wait, there’s more (from the Daily Mail).
Professionals working with children need to reflect on that and make sure they aren’t inadvertently causing harm by providing short term relief that leads to long term distress.
“At Genspect we believe that children should be free to wear whatever clothes they want, boys should be free to run around waving fairy wands in princess dresses and girls should be free to act however they wish, yet we don’t think changing pronouns helps anyone — it creates more problems than it resolves.
The NHS had a facility to address so-called gender-health issues. It has the Orwellian name, Gender Identity Development Service. The government is shutting it down after a review ruled it unsafe. Was it the transitioning drugs killing kids, the suicides after surgeries (‘cuz it was just a phase), or something else?
It found that other mental health issues were ‘overshadowed’ in favour of gender identity treatment, prompting accusations that staff rushed children onto powerful drugs.
Don’t worry, Gender Warriors. The NHS is not giving up. There will be services. But the NHS is asking doctors to be considerate, start with a friendly chat here and there (therapy), and hold off on state-sanctioned chemical castration or mutilation (my words). Those who still exhibit gender dysphoria after puberty might need more invasive care and should be evaluated then.
So, what have we learned? Incredibly woke England has taken a step back from the cliff, so to speak. They don’t advise the grooming that’s taken hold here in the States. That using a preferred pronoun is not beneficial. That chemical or surgical transition could do more harm than good.
It’s almost as if they are more concerned for the child’s well-being and future citizens than some partisan political agenda.
What’s gotten into them because we could use it around here?