A ban on prescribing puberty blockers to children was motivated by the then UK health secretary’s personal view and not backed by evidence, the high court has heard.
The advocacy group TransActual and a young person who cannot be named are challenging the emergency order issued on 29 May that temporarily banned the drugs for young people with gender dysphoria in England, Scotland and Wales, which they say has had “a very real human cost” on more than 1,000 under-18s.
