(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Tavistock Gender Identity Clinic in London may be facing legal action from 1,000 families with children who were treated with puberty blockers, after the clinic was shut down by the government following a damning report on it practices.
According to the clinic, most little kids required puberty blocking chemicals and professionals operated with them until this last month, Zero Hedge reported. Tavistock was the only gender and sex change clinic in Britain, where it went from treating 130 patients per year in 2010 to nearly 2,400 in 2021.
Towards the end, the clinic was facing an overwhelming demand for services, and advocates for giving children transitioning drugs wanted more clinics to open, despite reported disastrous outcomes.
The UK clinic closure and flood of lawsuits was seen by many as a possible indicator of what’s next in the United States. There already are signs of legal action being taken against doctors who prescribe puberty blockers in the U.S.
James Esses, co-founder of Thoughtful Therapists, said that he had been contacted by many detransitioners who are considering legal action.
“I have been contacted by a number of detransitioners who are considering taking legal action,” he said.
“Already in the USA there are class lawsuits being taken by parents of children prescribed puberty blockers. It is only a matter of time until we see similar action on our shores.”
Liberals argued that the increase in transgenderism, particularly in children, is a result of people being properly educated and being comfortable enough to live their lives out in the open.
However, Conservatives are rightly concerned that trans identification and the politics swirling around the issue has become trendy, and young people are being specifically targeted with propaganda.
In 2020, Tavistock was taken to court by Keira Bell—a former patient—who made the claim that she was too young to consent to the medical treatment that started her transition. The doctors, she claimed, had no evidence to prove that puberty blockers did not have serious side effects when they prescribed the drugs.
Bell won her initial case, but it was overturned when Tavistock appealed.
Recently, a study that was released, showing that puberty blocking drugs, which many patients were told have no side effects at all and were totally reversible, showed that the drugs may interrupt the process of brain maturation, as well as possible vision loss.
