The gloves are off in Britain! Surgical gloves used to mutilate children, to be more specific, with British media correctly describing "gender-affirming care" as "quack medicine."
"Puberty blockers, which pause the physical changes of puberty such as breast development or facial hair, will now only be available to children as part of clinical research trials," announced NHS England following an independent review of so-called "gender identity services" in 2020, along with "public consultation on the issue."
That's a very British way of saying "the public are pissed."
And just this one moment of sanity — the kind of sanity that seems years away this side of the pond — has sparked what feels like a complete return to normalcy ... at least in the U.K.
The Times of London, one of the nation's most respected newspapers, declared "The NHS is right to ban the routine prescription of puberty blockers. Young lives have been damaged by this potentially life-changing treatment for gender dysphoria," in an article simply titled, "Quack Medicine."
"In the western world at least, it is normal for new treatments to undergo rigorous testing before being accepted into mainstream medicine. Often, the complaint from those who might benefit from therapies is that approval takes too long. This excess of caution may be frustrating for those who need help but far worse would be a system in which patients became guinea pigs in unregulated mass experiments with potentially life-altering and irremediable consequences. Such is the case with puberty blockers which for years have been fed to children in this country who are confused about their identity and sexuality. The use of these substances to impede physical development in youngsters who question their gender, despite an absence of sound scientific understanding of the long-term effects, is a medical scandal of the first order, a reckless exercise in 21st-century quackery."
Yes, the weather sucks and they don't offer free refills, but at least Britain is acknowledging the obvious: Experimenting on children suffering with mental health issues is bad.
And it's a sign of the times that daring to describe quack medicine as quack medicine is controversial. Imagine what would happen if the Biden administration called for a pause in "gender-affirming care," or if The New York Times published this same headline?!
Hopefully, the United States will soon follow Britain's lead on this issue.
