UnNews:UK bans puberty for children
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13 March 2024
LONDON -- The United Kingdom has formally banned puberty for children.
The condition can cause extreme mood swings, pimples, and the growth of hair where it doesn't belong (though not the nose and ears; that is a separate malady).
The National Health Service announced the decision this week, stating that not enough was known about puberty's safety and medical necessity. Government endorsed the "landmark decision", stating that it was in the "best interest of children". The Guardian reported that the new regional services caring for under-18s will not administer puberty as part of the treatments, except as part of a clinical experiment.
Health Minister Maria Caulfield also celebrated the decision. "We welcome this landmark decision by the NHS to end the routine onset of puberty," she said. She called it a natural next step from 2020, when government banned fresh air for children.
However, activists were outraged. A spokesman for the advocacy group Stonewall said, "All young people deserve high-quality, prompt healthcare. For some, an important part of this care involves puberty. We are concerned that NHS England may put puberty on hold until a research protocol is up and running at the end of 2024."
A Labour Party spokesman complained that, without puberty, an entire generation of Englishmen would grow up stunted and looking like cherubs. However, Caulfield said she had seen the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy and saw nothing wrong with that.
Reform Party impresario Nigel Farage stated that puberty would be appropriate for PM Richie Sunak, as it would be one way to get him to grow a pair.
Sources[edit]
- Paul Bois "UK Bans Puberty Blockers for Children". Breitbart, March 12, 2024