An independent review published Wednesday concluded gender-confused children should not be given opposite-sex hormones because there is no evidence the life-altering drugs will “buy [them] time to think” or “reduce suicide risk.”
The “Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People” conducted by high-profile U.K. pediatrician Dr. Hillary Cass found that scientific evidence does not support the sterilizing procedures gender extremists demand.
“This is an area of remarkably weak evidence, and yet results of studies are exaggerated or misrepresented by people on all sides of the debate to support their viewpoint,” Cass wrote in her forward. “The reality is that we have no good evidence on the long-term outcomes of interventions to manage gender-related distress.”
The report, commissioned by England’s National Health Service in 2020, says chemical and surgical interventions on children deemed gender dysphoric does not lead to positive outcomes. The report warns the NHS to take “an extremely cautious clinical approach and a strong clinical rationale” when giving cross-sex hormones to anyone under the age of 18.
“Transitioning” children socially, cutting off their breasts or genitalia, and chemically castrating them wreak irreversible damage on their bodies and minds. In some cases, it can leave kids with harrowing, life-threatening consequences.
Cass was president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health from 2012 to 2015. She said it’s important to establish that “parents are not unconsciously influencing the child’s gender expression” and noted children with “gender distress” should be screened for various “neurodevelopmental conditions” before being
