Not technically true. Puberty blockers have been used for a while by endocrinologists to help delay puberty, and the resulting fusing of the growth plates. Generally prescribed in short stature scenarios in conjunction with growth hormones (if deficient).
However, the medically prescribed usage of the blockers have been hijacked by gender ideology.
After you go through puberty the result isn’t reversible. But delaying puberty for a year or two is in general possible—and stopping the blockers will allow the puberty process to take hold. Now, if you delay puberty and flood the body with with synthetic T or E, opposed to what the body would produce—THAT is irreversible.
What you are describing is the treatment of "precocious puberty" where a child begins puberty as a statistical outlier way too early when their age is only in the single digits.
And chemically-castrating them still has the negative effects like stunting their IQ development and bone density no matter how you reason yourself into doing it. ''oh it was too soon!'' You still get only one chance at it.
Not technically true. Puberty blockers have been used for a while by endocrinologists to help delay puberty, and the resulting fusing of the growth plates. Generally prescribed in short stature scenarios in conjunction with growth hormones (if deficient).
However, the medically prescribed usage of the blockers have been hijacked by gender ideology.
After you go through puberty the result isn’t reversible. But delaying puberty for a year or two is in general possible—and stopping the blockers will allow the puberty process to take hold. Now, if you delay puberty and flood the body with with synthetic T or E, opposed to what the body would produce—THAT is irreversible.
What you are describing is the treatment of "precocious puberty" where a child begins puberty as a statistical outlier way too early when their age is only in the single digits.
And chemically-castrating them still has the negative effects like stunting their IQ development and bone density no matter how you reason yourself into doing it. ''oh it was too soon!'' You still get only one chance at it.
You can derail puberty. You can't ''pause'' it.
Oh absolutely