Puberty blocker trial - petition

Just adding this here as related.

Some people assume puberty blockers are now permanently banned (which was in the news) and don't know about the trial which was agreed very quietly.

I shared it with a friend who has clear GC views but still hadn't heard of the trial.

Well but mainstream media aren't (and haven't been) covering it properly! The trial is not on any front pages or anything. Not on BBC. No one voted for it. When I shared it with friends, some just asked plain and simple what these puberty blockers even are.

It's great that it's got to over 100k but I feel it is also disappointing that so few people are even aware of it despite the media coverage. I would expect it to hit millions at this point. The laissez-faire attitude of people is mind-boggling when you know that these 226 young people will be harmed for life.

137,724 signatures

7th most popular.

I think it may go above the 200,000 mark over time.

I think it’s bad timing, so close to puberty blocker petition, so politicians and celebrities who invested their time into amplifying it can’t promote another petition in such quick succession effectively.

Boosting this, because it doesn't seem to be getting traction. If you'd rather go direct to the petitions site, it's

Approve and implement the EHRC guidance on meaning of sex in the Equality Act

And it's stuck on a mere 970.

I have just watched the WRN video posted upthread. I am absolutely appalled at the level of corruption/capture throughout not just the Ethics Committee, but absolutely every other professional body whose function is to safeguard trial subjects and uphold the Declaration of Helsinki.
When I was working in clinical research we were constantly warned about the consequences of any breach of those principles and the very real possibility of prison/being struck off as a consequence. I have known it happen due to falsification of data and subjects, but this goes way beyond anything I have ever seen.
This protocol is so obviously unethical, I don't think we can ever trust a clinical trial again. Standards have been completely discarded.

Looks as if I was the 3rd person in my constituency.

128,313 signatures now.

Pleased to see my large rural Welsh constituency was already pale yellow before my vote.

Nice to see someone already beat me to it in my little town.

Too much grey on the map but I've been able to turn my constituency yellow

This may be of interest too.
https://x.com/SEENPublishing/status/2010704384905163003

I’m afraid they can 😕

Thanks for this. I’ll watch.

it lead me to find this webinar also about the trials with Paul Bell one of the Tavistock whistleblowers

https://vimeo.com/1119567299?fl=pl&fe=sh

Thank you for posting this @FallenSloppyDead2

I wish I’d seen that before a conversation with friends yesterday where they were sure that because the trial had obtained ethical approval it was bound to be both rigorous and useful. I could have made much better points.

This is excellent. From Women's Rights Network:

Join Heather Binning who hosts this week’s special guests Louise Irvine, co-chair of the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender and Terry Patterson from Thoughtful Therapists. Louise and Terry explain why there are enormous concerns from sector experts regarding the ethical grounds and outcomes competence of the UK puberty blockers trial called ‘Pathway’, a medical trial which will involve around 220 children under the age of 16. We hear explanation of the scrutiny stages that UK clinical trials must successfully pass through in order to be granted approval, as well as questioning how this safety net has failed

The DHRC’s statement says:

“This trial will help provide the evidence that is currently lacking. Its approval came only after extremely rigorous safety checks and with multiple safeguards in place to protect young people's wellbeing - including clinical and parental approval."

But as we know, clinicians working in this area tend to be believers, and parents are desperate. It gives me no confidence at all.

Wes Streeting faces fresh demand to stop puberty blocker trial as petition hits 100k
A petition calling for the study to be halted has gathered more than 100,000 signatures.
Professor Karol Sikora, a consultant oncologist, said it was "good to see this petition doing well".

He added: "I've spent over half a century in medicine and I certainly do not approve of using puberty blocking medicine on healthy young children. It is dangerous and wrong."
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2156718/wes-streeting-puberty-blocker-trial-petition

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/d58473ef7ca359bb

This is now the eighth most popular petition on the petitions site after only 4 days. We really do need to keep sharing the link.

Hopefully the petition will generate enough publicity so that finding parents who will subject their child to this experiment becomes really hard. I'm not sure if children in care can take part in this trial - I hope not!