The High Court in the United Kingdom ruled teens under 16-years-of-age cannot, on their own, decide to receive life-altering transgender hormones.
The head of the American College of Pediatricians, Dr. Michelle Cretella, predicts this decision will have worldwide implications.
"It's a definite step in the right direction,” she tells One News Now. “It's a victory for commonsense and a victory for children everywhere, not just in the U.K. “
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Dr. Cretella gives much credit to 23-year-old Keira Bell, who underwent transition treatments when she was 16. She decided later to de-transition.
"Keira Bell is one of a growing population of young women who are seeking to de-transition. And we just have to thank her for her courage and bravery to come forward like this,” Dr. Cretella says.
The Tavistock and Portman Foundation, a mental health trust in Camden, London, opposes the ruling and is seeking permission to appeal.
President Joe Biden promised voters he would tackle the coronavirus pandemic better than Donald Trump, whom Democrats accused of being responsible for 400,000 deaths to date, but in the course of one day the new president snapped at a reporter over vaccine distribution and his new press secretary dodged a question about his mask-skipping hypocrisy.
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For the first time ever, a high court has ruled that teens 16 and under are unable to make life-changing decisions regarding gender transitioning treatments.
A community in northern Idaho is at war with its school system after staff members at an elementary school in the conservative town took it upon themselves to encourage a young student to live out an unnatural behavior.