Children who wish to undergo surgery to change their gender will be banned from doing so in future, the equalities minister has announced
In a landmark move, which has been criticised by trans rights charities as introducing “a new form of inequality into British medical practice”, Liz Truss said that the Government will set out details of the plans later this summer. Currently, people under the age of 18 are allowed surgery but with parental consent. Even still, the process is so long drawn out that in reality, few teenagers are able to undergo irreversible surgery before they reach adulthood. However, the equalities minister today signaled plans to ban under-18s with gender dysphoria from genital reconstructive surgery in a move, she claimed, which would “protect them from making those irreversible decisions”…. To continue reading Already a subscriber? Log in Enjoy unlimited access to all articles Choose from all our exclusive newsletters Unlock money-saving offers and events Subscribe
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‘And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. ‘
Matthew 19:4-6
