Funderpants to CanadaEnglish · 11 months agoPierre Poilievre says minors should not have access to puberty blockerswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down15 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkPierre Poilievre says minors should not have access to puberty blockerswww.cbc.caFunderpants to CanadaEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square40fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareNomeckslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoProbably people with a whole range of medical issues that get swept up in our government trying to hurt “the right people”.
minus-squareblindsight@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoMy understanding is they’re also prescribed to delay very-early onset of puberty. Puberty has started, for some individuals, so young as to be giving birth at age 5. (in India, in that case.) They have other applications aside from transitioning.
minus-squareHikingVetlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoSo, they are for minors. Doesn’t say who else would need puberty blockers other than a minor in those groups.
minus-squareDerisionConsultinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·edit-211 months ago(removed hypothetical (and honestly disgusting) instance where of people over 18 would use them.)
minus-squareHootzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoThat’s one of the stupidest things I’ve read today.
Who else would puberty blockers be for?
Probably people with a whole range of medical issues that get swept up in our government trying to hurt “the right people”.
My understanding is they’re also prescribed to delay very-early onset of puberty. Puberty has started, for some individuals, so young as to be giving birth at age 5. (in India, in that case.)
They have other applications aside from transitioning.
So, they are for minors.
Doesn’t say who else would need puberty blockers other than a minor in those groups.
(removed hypothetical (and honestly disgusting) instance where of people over 18 would use them.)
That’s one of the stupidest things I’ve read today.