Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith Doubles Down on Decision to Ban 'Puberty Blockers,' Citing UK's Move

Clare Marie Merkowsky : Mar 19, 2024
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"Because we are talking about sterility. If you stop the process of puberty and then you do cross-sex hormones, you don't develop and become sexually mature. You can't have children." -Premier Danielle Smith

(Edmonton, Alberta) — [LifeSiteNews.com] Alberta Premier Danielle Smith doubles down on her ban of puberty blockers for children, citing international evidence. (Image: via LifeSiteNews /YouTube)

During a March 13 media presser, Smith defended her government's new pro-family policies which would ban so-called "puberty blockers" and irreversible "gender reassignment" surgeries for children, pointing to the fact that similar actions are being taken across the globe.  

"Because we are talking about sterility," she warned. "If you stop the process of puberty and then you do cross-sex hormones, you don't develop and become sexually mature. You can't have children."

"We have agreed that we believe that children who have good medical care, psychological support, and supportive family can start when they're 16," Smith explained. "And I think that increasingly is going to be supported by the international evidence."

"The developing international evidence is that there's no consensus on this," she noted.

Smith referenced a clinical policy published by the United Kingdom's National Health Service early last week which announced that it would not provide puberty blockers to children under the age of 18... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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