"The U.K. government appears to have covered up a dramatic rise in transgender youth suicides, according to data obtained by U.K.-based government accountability non-profit the Good Law Project. As Erin in the Morning reports, data the non-profit obtained from the National Health Service (NHS)-funded National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) via a Freedom of Information request sharply contrasts with the government's official report on trans youth suicides in the wake of the 2020 Bell v. Tavistock ruling."
"As the Good Law Project notes, following the U.K. High Court of Justice's initial ruling in Tavistock, which found that minors under 16 could not legally consent to receive puberty blockers for the treatment of gender dysphoria, the National Health Service (NHS) substantially limited access to gender-affirming care for minors. Those limits reportedly remained in place even after the Tavistock ruling was overturned in 2021."
Freedom of Information data from the NHS-funded National Child Mortality Database indicate a sharp increase in transgender youth suicides that contrasts with the government's official account. The U.K. High Court's 2020 Tavistock ruling found minors under 16 could not legally consent to puberty blockers, prompting the NHS to substantially limit minors' access to gender-affirming care; those limits reportedly persisted after the ruling was overturned. Whistleblowers at the Tavistock clinic reported a significant rise in suicides among young people on waitlists for GIDS appointments. The 2024 Appleby Report recorded only 12 suicides among current or former GIDS patients between 2018 and 2024 but excluded young people unable to access care due to wait times averaging 25 years.
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