Former UK PM Liz Truss calls nation's ban on puberty blockers 'massive step forward' on 'Fox & Friends'
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Liz Truss joined co-host Ainsley Earhardt to talk about the National Health Service (NHS) banning puberty blockers for children in her country on Wednesday, March 13 episode of 'Fox & Friends.'
The organization has cited concerns about the long-term impacts of taking the hormones as adolescents, while Truss warned that kids are "damaging" their bodies, their fertility as well as their futures.
Decision of National Health Service
According to Fox News, the NHS banned the use of puberty blockers for children, citing safety concerns and limited research on the long-term effects. However, it will continue to remain available for them in limited ways, such as clinical trials.
On Tuesday, March 12, the organization released a statement that read, "We have concluded there is not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of puberty-suppressing hormones to make the treatment routinely available at this time."
NHS England had previously ordered a London-based gender identity clinic at the Tavistock and Portman Trust to shut its doors amid safety concerns.
Liz Truss' take on ban on puberty blockers
Truss voiced her concerns on the show, telling Earhardt, "Children have been taking this treatment in the UK and around the world, and they are potentially damaging their fertility, they're damaging their bodies."
"They don't understand the consequences of those decisions, and this has happened because it's been pushed by gender ideologues… putting pressure on the health service here in the United Kingdom and around the world."
She advocated a broader ban on the drugs, saying, "It's incredibly damaging for young people before they're able to make those decisions, to take these drugs that are altering these bodies, and in the future, they may not be able to have children. Their future may be damaged."
The conservative politician also spoke of the overall impact of gender ideology, stating, "Unfortunately, because of the pressure from the trans extremists, our schools are responding by having unisex restrooms, and we're seeing these drugs being prescribed to the under-eighteens that have been hugely damaging."
"So this is a massive step forward in Britain that these drugs will no longer be prescribed by the National Health Service," she said, and further called for the protection of 'single-sex spaces' like bathrooms and locker rooms.
"We know that being a teenager is difficult enough as it is, but what I really worry about is the pressure, particularly on teenage girls, to take these drugs, but also to conform to this crazy ideology, which all of us know just isn't true," she added.
