One of the country's top youth health experts says puberty blockers have been safely used in New Zealand for 20 years.
No child or young person experiencing gender dysphoria or incongruence will be able to start taking gonadotropin-releasing hormones from December 19.
Health Minister Simeon Brown says Cabinet has agreed to new settings until the outcomes of a major clinical trial in the UK in 2031.
Otago University's Dame Sue Bagshaw told Ryan Bridge she doesn't like the way Government is politicising a possibly life-saving medicine.
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Government's banned puberty block of pbscriptions for new patients it's
under eighteen's those who are transgender. Ban comes into effect
from the nineteenth and December last until the UK finishes
clinical trials into the drugs. They say this is about safety.
Dame Sue Bagshaw is School of Medicine, University of Otago,
christ Church. Dame Sue, good morning, good morning, Good to
(00:21):
have you on the show. Are these drugs safe?
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Well, the experience we've had so far of the last
ten twenty years has been that they're very safe, They're reversible,
and I think obviously we always need to be aware
of safety. We always need to be aware of the
pros and cons of ani medicine we've prescribed. But it
(00:46):
seems sad that politicians get involved in something that really
should be a health issue.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Is the health issue being sorted though? I mean, are
we giving out drugs that aren't safe? Why it was
the UK doing this study into the safety of them.
Why around bureaucrats saying we can't say that they are safe.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
That's a very good question, and I wondered about myself
because we have no evidence either way. What we do
we have some evidence, so that they're pretty safe and
we have had no disasters so far compared with things
like aspirin, which is pretty unsafe and you can buy
that over the counter. So, you know, I think it's
(01:29):
a it's a worry that we're getting political influences on
what could be a very life saving medicine.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
So the Ministry of Education, the sorry, the Ministry of
Health here in New Zealand, the UK, you know, the
NH is the concerns that have been raised by government
bureaucrats around the world. You're saying they're being politicized.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
I do gender is a social intent and I think
social influences are being brought to bear names.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Sue Bergshaw, appreciate your time this morning, School of Medicine
at the University of a Tiger, christ Church. For more
from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live to News Talks.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
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