"A Supreme Court judge has reserved his decision on a legal challenge against Queensland's refusal to provide trans youth healthcare. Supreme Court Justice Peter Callaghan reserved his judgement in the case brought by the mother of a trans teen who was denied puberty blockers as a result of the government's decision. The Australian state chose to restrict puberty blocker prescriptions for trans youth in January as part of a review into the hormone suppressants."
""This is the most intimate and private matter for my family and yet these politicians, who have never even seen or spoken to my child, are telling me how to be her mum," she continued. "How can they possibly make such a personal decision about the private medical care of a child they have never met and whose experience of growing up is so different to their own?""
Justice Peter Callaghan reserved judgment in a case where a mother challenged Queensland's refusal to provide puberty blockers to her trans teen. The state restricted puberty blocker prescriptions in January pending a review of hormone suppressants. There is no explicit evidence that puberty blockers are harmful, and some studies describe them as life-saving for trans youth. The mother said the denial of care was shattering and criticized politicians for deciding on private medical care without meeting her child. Health department officials informed hospital chiefs at the announcement time, and hospital executives had not seen a draft directive. The judge aims to hand down a decision by the end of next week.
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