A former Chief Executive of the charity Mermaids, Susie Green, has vowed to defy the nationwide ban on puberty blockers at her new trans clinic by importing the drugs via the EU. The Telegraph has the story.
Susie Green said Anne Trans Healthcare, which describes itself as helping “trans youth of all ages” to access puberty blockers, would continue to provide “legal routes to gender-affirming healthcare”.
Last week, the Government announced a nationwide ban on the drugs, which stop the onset of puberty and had been routinely given to children questioning their gender.
In April, the Cass Review, led by the paediatrician Baroness Cass, found there was “remarkably weak” evidence to support their prescription for children with gender dysphoria.
Ms. Green, who was Chief Executive at Mermaids until 2022, co-founded Anne Trans Healthcare in 2023.
The organisation’s website claims that it offers a “legal route” for under-18s to access puberty blockers by organising prescriptions from doctors based abroad. They are then collected and brought to Britain from European Union countries by the person with the prescription.
Jolyon Maugham KC, the Director of the Good Law Project, backed the method of procuring puberty blockers earlier this year.
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