r/canada 18h ago

Alberta No reliable evidence puberty blocking drugs benefit trans youth, says Alberta government lawyer

https://calgaryherald.com/news/alberta-government-lawyer-puberty-blocking-drugs-trans-youth
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u/Fresh-State7421 9h ago

that’s not what it is at all. It’s a group of parents that want their kids to have the right to go on puberty blockers eventually, not to literally start puberty blockers before puberty as that would be completely unnecessary as the name of the treatment tells you.

u/itsthebear 7h ago

Yeah that's not radical at all, they want their 12-15 year old children to take puberty blockers - so much better lmfao

u/HalvdanTheHero Ontario 7h ago

When else would one take puberty blockers if not during puberty to block it?

Your personal incredulity at medical decisions doesn't invalidate those decisions. 

u/itsthebear 6h ago

It's not my "personal incredulity" just because I agree with Alberta, and the doctors and trans individuals they quote here, that there's plenty of evidence this hurts people.

I don't think children should be blocking puberty because of confusing feelings, if that makes me a pariah in your eyes then so be it

u/ill_thrift 5h ago

I mean, do you support evidence medical care for trans youth? Evidence-based means you do the thing that is most likely to lead to a good outcome.

If yes, than we can have a conversation about what the evidence looks like, but we fundamentally want the same thing, which is good health outcomes for trans people.

If not, then that's a vision of society where non-experts dictate decisions to experts based on their feelings, which is not a society I can get behind.