New Zealand Joins Growing List of Countries Protecting Children from Puberty Blockers

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New Zealand has become the latest country to stop prescribing puberty blockers to children with gender dysphoria. The move comes as nations examine the risks and lack of long-term studies on these experimental treatments.

Starting in mid-December, doctors in New Zealand will no longer be allowed to prescribe these drugs to new patients, though those currently taking them can continue.

This decision puts New Zealand more or less alongside the U.K., Sweden, Finland, most states in the U.S., and other nations that have stepped back from so-called “gender-affirming care” for children.

Public health experts and policymakers have found that science simply does not support giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to kids. These drugs and procedures carry serious risks — including infertility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone density, and cardiovascular problems.

As the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has demonstrated, the so-called “medical consensus” regarding transgender procedures on children has been largely manufactured by pro-LGBT activists.

Whistleblowers have come forward to testify about how they were rushed through gender transitions as children without understanding the procedures’ risks, consequences, or alternatives.

In January, President Trump signed an executive order prohibiting federal funding from being used for sex-change procedures on kids, and the federal government is soon expected to propose new rules that could help protect children from sex-change procedures nationwide.

Earlier this summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a public inquiry into whether U.S. doctors and clinics may have deceived parents and children about the risks of these procedures. The U.S. Department of Justice also subpoenaed doctors and medical facilities involved in performing sex-change procedures on minors.

In September, the U.S. Department of Justice sent Congress the federal Victims of Chemical or Surgical Mutilation Act. The proposed federal law would generally prevent doctors, hospitals, and clinics from performing sex-change surgeries on children or giving them puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones.

In 2021, lawmakers in Arkansas passed the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act. This good law generally prohibits doctors from performing sex-change procedures on children or giving them puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. The SAFE Act has been upheld in federal court and is protecting children in Arkansas right now.

The fact that more countries are putting a stop to these transgender procedures proves that Arkansas was right to pass the SAFE Act in 2021. Other states should follow Arkansas’– and New Zealand’s — example by protecting children from experimentation.

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Family Council Joins Amicus Brief Before U.S. Supreme Court

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In November, Family Council joined 52 other individuals and organizations in an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect basic First Amendment freedoms.

The case is NRA v. Vullo from New York.

Advancing American Freedom (AAF) led the amicus brief filed on November 19 asking the Supreme Court to hear the case.

In a statement, AAF said:

In this case, the New York government pressured insurance companies to drop coverage of insurance plans they offered through the National Rifle Association (NRA), offering prosecutorial lenience if they did so. Last year, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Maria Vullo, the Superintendent of New York’s Department of Financial Services, had violated the NRA’s First Amendment rights.

However, on remand, the Second Circuit held that Maria Vullo was entitled to qualified immunity and thus was immune from civil liability. The NRA is asking the Supreme Court to hear its case once again and vindicate the organization’s First Amendment Rights.

The amicus brief argues Superintendent Vullo should be held accountable for violating the NRA’s constitutional freedoms by weaponizing private companies against the NRA.

Unfortunately, in recent years, news outlets and congressional testimony have alleged that government policies and departments have been weaponized against law-abiding citizens — especially conservative organizations and Christians.

Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released a report showing that after the events of January 6, 2021, federal officials gave banks and financial institutions an analysis that listed legitimate, conservative groups such as Alliance Defending Freedom, the American College of Pediatricians, American Family Association, Eagle Forum, Family Research Council, Liberty Counsel, National Organization for Marriage, and the Ruth Institute as “Hate Groups” alongside the KKK and the American Nazi Party.

Americans should be free to exercise their First Amendment freedoms without fear of being canceled by government officials.

You can read the amicus brief here.

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