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2024-04-22 -Great Cultural Revolution
Author of Report Critical of Transgender 'Medicine' Facing Security Threats
[Breitbart] The author of a major report detailing the dangers transgender healthcare practices pose to children said that she had been told to avoid public transport amid security concerns.

Dr Hillary Cass, the former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, told The Times of London that she is facing abuse and threats following the publication of her report on the impact of transgender ‘medicine’ has on children in Britain.

“I’m not going on public transport at the moment, following security advice, which is inconvenient,” Dr Cass said.

She went on to accuse many of her critics of spreading “misinformation” about the damning report, including from left-wing Labour MP Dawn Butler, who had asserted in the House of Commons that “over 100 studies have not been in this Cass report”.

Cass said that Butler’s claim was “completely wrong, explaining that the list of studies cited by Butler had “absolutely nothing to do with either our report or any of the papers.”

“If you deliberately try to undermine a report that has looked at the evidence of children’s healthcare, then that’s unforgivable. You are putting children at risk by doing that,” she added.

In her 388-page report, the top paediatrician riled the far-left by claiming that transgender medical practices were “built on shaky foundations” and that the National Health Service should no longer provide those under the age of 18 with puberty-blocking drugs.

In contrast to the radical left’s position, which demands so-called “gender-affirming care” in which life-altering medications and surgeries are plied on youngsters, Cass said that there was little evidence to support the claim that puberty-blocking drugs helped children with their “mental or psychosocial health”, while the long-term effects of such treatment on “cognitive and psychosexual development” have not been thoroughly explored.

The report also noted that many children naturally grow out of experiencing a transgender identity, saying that “for most young people, a medical pathway will not be the best way to manage their gender-related distress” and therefore medical professionals should exercise “extreme caution” in how they treat children with symptoms of gender dysphoria.

The UK’s National Health Service said last month that it would stop routinely providing puberty blockers to children in most cases. However, there are concerns about loopholes through which activist physicians could still provide the life-altering drugs to children.

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said this week that the government will look to fire any medical professionals who seek to subvert the rules, saying: “I am looking closely at closing, what can be done to curtail any loopholes and prescribing practices, including legislative options. Nothing is off the table and I will update the House in due course.”
Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-22 06:32|| || Front Page|| [11149 views ]  Top

#1 What do you expect of mentally unstable individual on meds and their enablers.
Posted by Procopius2k 2024-04-22 07:22||   2024-04-22 07:22|| Front Page Top

#2 ^Well, the report wasn't about Biden.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-22 07:32||   2024-04-22 07:32|| Front Page Top

#3 JK Rowling defends pediatrician told to avoid public transit amid gender study controversy: 'Follow the money'
Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-22 08:02||   2024-04-22 08:02|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ I'm so burnt out on reliable leftists like her suddenly "seeing the light." They built the framework upon which all this crap stands.
Posted by M. Murcek 2024-04-22 08:10||   2024-04-22 08:10|| Front Page Top

#5 This is the problem of the west. Countries with diverse peoples are not constantly under attack. It's like a cancer.
Posted by Dale 2024-04-22 18:47||   2024-04-22 18:47|| Front Page Top

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