Scottish Government Advised to Protect Kids from Puberty Blockers

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Recently the BBC reported the Scottish government “has been advised to formally pause puberty blockers until further research has been carried out.” This comes as countries in Europe continue to take steps to protect children from puberty blockers and other sex-change procedures.

In 2022 the U.K.’s National Health Services closed its Tavistock gender clinic that gave puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children for many years.

A government investigation revealed healthcare professionals at the Tavistock clinic pressured families into subjecting their children to puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones despite an obvious lack of scientific evidence and inadequate mental health screenings for children with gender dysphoria.

Earlier this year, the NHS officially banned healthcare professionals from prescribing puberty blockers to children.

In 2021, a major hospital in Sweden announced that it would no longer give puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to kids, and last year the U.S. Food and Drug Administration added a warning label to puberty blockers in America after biological girls developed swelling in the brain.

In 2021, lawmakers in Arkansas also overwhelmingly passed the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act.

The SAFE Act is a good law that prevents doctors in Arkansas from performing sex-change surgeries on children or giving them puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.

Over the past three years, reports from Europe and elsewhere have shown time and again that Arkansas was right to pass the SAFE Act.

Unfortunately, the SAFE Act has been tied up in court since 2021. However, we believe our courts ultimately will recognize that the SAFE Act is a good law and uphold it as constitutional.

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Most Americans Still Say It’s Morally Wrong to Change Genders

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Earlier this month Gallup released a survey showing most Americans still believe it is morally wrong to change genders.

The findings track with Gallup’s survey results from 2021 and 2023 — which also found most people believe it’s morally wrong to change genders, and that a growing share of Americans think athletes ought to compete according to their biological sex rather than their gender identity.

Oddly, the same Gallup survey published this month found most Americans oppose “laws that ban certain types of gender-affirming care for minors.”

But the survey’s questions about “gender-affirming care” were not as straightforward as its questions about whether it’s right or wrong to change genders. With that in mind, it is possible that the wording of the questions may have biased or simply confused the survey’s participants.

Regardless, it’s important for people to understand that more and more, scientific evidence shows sex-reassignment procedures are harmful to children.

Three years ago a major hospital in Sweden announced that it would no longer give puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to kids. This year the United Kingdom announced a new policy protecting children from being given puberty-blocking drugs.

In 2021 the Arkansas Legislature overwhelmingly passed the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act. The SAFE Act is a good law that protects children in Arkansas from cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and sex-reassignment surgeries. That law is currently tied up in court, but we believe our judicial system ultimately will recognize that it is a good law and uphold it as constitutional.

It is important for our laws to protect children from sex-change procedures and give them legal options they can follow if they are harmed by one of these procedures. Laws like Arkansas’ SAFE Act do exactly that.

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Pro-LGBT Organization Criticizes Arkansas, Says “There is no more room for neutrality.”

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On Monday the pro-LGBT organization Out Leadership released a report claiming Arkansas set “the lowest score ever recorded” in its 2024 State LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index.

Out Leadership is a pro-LGBT organization whose goal is to “harness the power of business to advocate for equality.” The group leverages multimillion dollar corporations to promote its pro-LGBT ideology.

Monday’s report took issue with different laws and policies that states like Arkansas have passed — including laws protecting children from sex-change procedures and preserving fairness in women’s sports.

In a statement, Out Leadership said, “There is no more room for neutrality” on LGBT issues.

The truth is sex-change surgeries and procedures can leave children sterilized and scarred for life.

Researchers do not know all the long-term effects these procedures can have on children, but a growing body of scientific evidence shows children should not be subjected to sex-change procedures, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones. That is why a growing number of states protect children from these procedures.

We have written repeatedly about how women’s athletics is at risk of being erased in America.

In particular, female cyclists, swimmers, powerlifters, sprinters, and others have seen their sports radically changed by biological males who identify and compete as women.

Letting men compete in women’s sports reverses 50 years of advancements for women. In some sports, it can even be dangerous.

Medical experts and everyday Americans increasingly agree that children need to be protected from sex-change procedures and that we need to preserve fairness in women’s sports. Unfortunately, there are still powerful, corporate interests who simply do not agree.

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