May 19, 2024

Author of Report Critical of Transgender ‘Medicine’ Facing Security Threats

The writer of a serious report detailing the hazards transgender healthcare practices pose to kids stated that she had been instructed to keep away from public transport amid safety issues.

Dr Hillary Cass, the previous president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, told The Times of London that she is dealing with abuse and threats following the publication of her report on the impression of transgender ‘medicine’ has on kids in Britain.

“I’m not going on public transport at the moment, following security advice, which is inconvenient,” Dr Cass stated.

Retired consultant paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass speaking about the publication of the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People (The Cass Review) at the PA Media offices in west London. The former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health was appointed to lead the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People in 2020. Picture date: Tuesday April 9, 2024. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)

Retired advisor paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass talking concerning the publication of the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People (The Cass Review) on the PA Media places of work in west London. The former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health was appointed to steer the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People in 2020. Picture date: Tuesday April 9, 2024. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images by way of Getty Images)

She went on to accuse many of her critics of spreading “misinformation” concerning the damning report, together with from left-wing Labour MP Dawn Butler, who had asserted within the House of Commons that “over 100 studies have not been in this Cass report”.

Cass stated that Butler’s declare was “completely wrong, explaining that the list of studies cited by Butler had “absolutely nothing to do with either our report or any of the papers.”

“If you deliberately try to undermine a report that has looked at the evidence of children’s healthcare, then that’s unforgivable. You are putting children at risk by doing that,” she added.

In her 388-page report, the highest paediatrician riled the far-left by claiming that transgender medical practices have been “built on shaky foundations” and that the National Health Service ought to now not present these below the age of 18 with puberty-blocking medication.

In distinction to the novel left’s place, which calls for so-called “gender-affirming care” during which life-altering medicines and surgical procedures are plied on kids, Cass stated that there was little proof to support the declare that puberty-blocking medication helped kids with their “mental or psychosocial health”, whereas the long-term results of such remedy on “cognitive and psychosexual development” haven’t been totally explored.

The report additionally famous that many kids naturally develop out of experiencing a transgender id, saying that “for most young people, a medical pathway will not be the best way to manage their gender-related distress” and subsequently medical professionals ought to train “extreme caution” in how they deal with kids with signs of gender dysphoria.

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 20: Trans rights activists take part in a protest against the ban on hormone blockers on April 20, 2024 in London, England. After Dr Hilary Cass delivered her report on NHS gender identity services for children and young people, analysis found most research underpinning clinical guidelines, hormone treatments and puberty blockers to be low quality and the treatments for gender dysphoria have been suspended. The Trans community are protesting against this ban. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 20: Trans rights activists participate in a protest in opposition to the ban on hormone blockers on April 20, 2024 in London, England. After Dr Hilary Cass delivered her report on NHS gender id providers for youngsters and younger individuals, evaluation discovered most analysis underpinning scientific pointers, hormone therapies and puberty blockers to be low high quality and the therapies for gender dysphoria have been suspended. The Trans neighborhood are protesting in opposition to this ban. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

The UK’s National Health Service stated final month that it might cease routinely offering puberty blockers to kids typically. However, there are issues about loopholes by means of which activist physicians may nonetheless present the life-altering medication to kids.

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins stated this week that the federal government will look to fireplace any medical professionals who search to subvert the principles, saying: “I am looking closely at closing, what can be done to curtail any loopholes and prescribing practices, including legislative options. Nothing is off the table and I will update the House in due course.”

Commenting on the threats allegedly despatched to Dr Cass, Harry Potter writer and critic of the transgender motion, J.Ok. Rowling wrote: “‘Follow the money’ may be a conspiracy theorist trope and I hate the X cliché ‘let that sink in’, but when a respected paediatrician is advised not to travel by bus, and when lobby groups fall over themselves to discredit a meticulous medical review, both might seem to apply.”

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