German Medical Assembly: No to puberty blockers, no to Gender Self-Identification Law for children without medical advice
On May 7-10, 2024, just a few weeks after the Bundestag passed a Gender Self-Identification Law, the 128th German Medical Assembly passed two memorable resolutions in Mainz: 1. “The 128th German Medical Assembly calls on the Federal Government to only permit puberty blockers, sex-change hormone therapies or similar operations in under-18s with gender incongruence (GI) or gender dysphoria (GD) in the context of controlled scientific studies and with the involvement of a multidisciplinary team and a clinical ethics committee and after the completion of medical and, in particular, psychiatric diagnosis and treatment of any mental disorders. Weiterlesen…