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Trans rights charities to give evidence in appeal over use of puberty blockers for under-16s

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Trans rights groups have been granted permission to give evidence in an appeal over a High Court ruling banning the use of puberty blockers for under-16s with gender dysphoria.
An appeal is likely to take place at the end of April, according to the Good Law Project. Picture: Mermaids
An appeal is likely to take place at the end of April, according to the Good Law Project. Picture: Mermaids

Last month, Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust which runs the UK’s largest gender identity development service for children, was granted permission to appeal the ruling in which judges found that children under 16 are unlikely to be able to give informed consent to undergo treatment with puberty-blocking drugs.

The case was brought by Kiera Bell, a 23-year-old woman who was referred to the Tavistock Centre as a teenager and was prescribed puberty blockers aged 16.

She argued the clinic should have challenged her more over her decision to transition to a male as a teenager.

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