A High Court in the United Kingdom ruled it unlikely that minors suffering from gender dysphoria are able to give informed consent for hormone-blocking
drugs. Ruth Institute Founder and President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., was greatly encouraged by this ruling.
“Keira Bell, one of the plaintiffs in the case, was given the drugs at age 16 after only three one-hour appointments. At 20, she had a double mastectomy.
Now at 23, she’s in the process of de-transitioning,” Morse said.
Bell said that, at the time, she believed the treatment would help her “achieve happiness.” When she began trying to reverse the process last year,
she confessed, “It was heartbreaking to realize I’d gone down the wrong path.” Bell said the drugs “irreparably damaged” her body and likely left
her sterile.
“Often those who experience gender dysphoria as children have other psychological issues,” Morse noted. “These children are pushed into life-altering
decisions by activists intent on promoting a cause.”
In a story for The Christian Post, Brandon Showalter reported that the court asked the Tavistock clinic to provide statistics on the percentage of patients on the autism spectrum.
However, the clinic did not provide this data. The high court called this lack of data analysis and apparent lack of record keeping of children
with autism, “surprising.”
A trans-critical group based in the UK, Transgender Trend,
also applauded the ruling, saying, “The government needs to take action to remove all transgender guidance and resources from schools and social
service departments to safeguard children and prevent any further teaching of the ideology to children as fact.”
Morse concluded: “The British ruling will help bring reason into a debate often clouded by emotion and the rhetoric of victimhood.”
The Ruth Institute is a global non-profit organization, leading an international interfaith coalition to
defend the family and build a civilization of love.
Brandon Showalter spoke on “Reporting on the Transgender Movement”
at the Ruth Institute’s 2020 Summit for Survivors of the Sexual Revolution.
Jennifer Roback Morse is the author of The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies Are Destroying Lives.
To schedule an interview with Dr. Morse, contact info@ruthinstitute.org.