Court of Appeal hears appeal concerning puberty-blocking drugs
The Court of Appeal has heard an appeal against a judgment in the Divisional Court that children under the age of 16 considering gender reassignment are unlikely to be mature enough to give informed consent to be prescribed puberty-blocking drugs.
The case of
R (Bell and another) v. Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 3274 (Admin) was brought by two claimants: Keira Bell, a young woman who underwent gender reassignment, including puberty blockers as a teenager, and has subsequently regretted this and reverted to living as a woman; and Mrs A, the mother of a 15-year-old autistic girl experiencing gender dysphoria.