“To say that puberty blockers ‘pause’ puberty implies a simple, harmless process; it’s not,” Dr. Kurt Miceli, medical director at the organization Do No Harm, told National Review.
Prolonged use of puberty blockers can lead to significant changes in bone density, and even fertility, particularly if cross-sex hormones are started thereafter. Additionally, when a child’s puberty is delayed because of puberty blockers, it can unintentionally increase the gap in development as one’s peers progress through natural puberty with the impacted child remaining in a ‘paused’ state. This may inadvertently add strain to a child’s social and emotional well-being.
Miceli further mentioned that puberty blockers may also negatively affect bone health, growth, and neurocognitive development.
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