How safe are puberty blockers for our children? As our Government goes full speed ahead into banning so-called ‘Conversion Therapy’ (while at the same time seemingly endorsing the use of puberty blockers on pre-teens), we must conclude that the use of puberty blockers is also a form of ‘conversion therapy’ and one that is very dangerous indeed. In fact, experts are saying it’s “reckless, and dangerously tinkering with nature”.

Media Release 10 August 2021 Family First NZ says that despite continuous attempts by the supporters of the proposed ‘conversion therapy’ ban to suppress the real effects of the proposed law on parents and families, the Prime Minister has admitted that it will criminalise parents – an effect of the bill which even the Ministry

The Irish Times 9 August 2021 The term “conversion therapy” should send a shiver up the spine of any decent person. As originally practised, it attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation from gay to straight by means such as aversion therapy. This included punishing “undesirable” sexual behaviour with painful and demeaning treatment such as

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern doesn’t rule out parents facing charges under conversion therapy ban NewsHub 9 August 2021 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern isn’t ruling out parents facing prosecution for preventing their children from taking hormone blockers under a law banning conversion practices.  The potential for parents to face charges under the law is the reason

Media Release 7 August 2021 Family First NZ says that despite claims of some politicians in Parliament on Thursday, the proposed ‘conversion therapy’ ban will criminalise parents – an effect of the bill which even the Ministry of Justice has acknowledged. On Newstalk ZB on Friday afternoon, Auckland Pride Director and conversion therapy ban supporter

The Australian 5 August 2021 GPs have been warned they may face disciplinary action or law suits if they give cross-sex hormone drugs to transgender-identifying minors. Protesting long waits for specialist gender clinics, trans health advocates have promoted the US-style “informed consent” model as a fast-track to hormonal treatment not requiring expert ­diagnosis of the distressful

Radio NZ News 3 August 2021 ACT leader David Seymour is betting his party will not continue to support the government’s bill banning conversion therapy, while National is refusing to support it without changes. The government introduced its bill on Friday, with Justice Minister Kris Faafoi saying the harmful and widely-discredited practice had no justification. ACT

Minister of Justice Kris Faafoi had the whole weekend to rethink his response, after his trainwreck interview on Friday on Newstalk ZB about criminalising parents who lovingly stop their children taking puberty blockers because they want to change their sex. Question from the PM’s media conference on Monday: “Would a parent be breaking the law