Christians welcome decision to pause puberty blockers trial (Christianity Today, 2/23/26)
Simon Calvert is Deputy Director at The Christian Institute, which has opposed the trans agenda for well over two decades. He was among the critics welcoming the pause while urging the government to go further and cancel it completely.
“It is dangerous and immoral to use children as guinea pigs for drugs that we already know are harmful for them and useless at treating gender dysphoria,” he said.
“In the overwhelming majority of cases, childhood confusion about gender typically resolves during puberty. So these drugs block the very process which relieves that confusion.
“We must hope and pray this outbreak of common sense is permanent and that the trial never goes ahead.”
Puberty blockers for people under the age of 18 questioning their gender have been banned in the UK since 2024.
James Esses, a therapist and leading campaigner against the puberty blockers trial, recently joined with other opponents to launch High Court action aimed at stopping the trial from going ahead.
He said, “This is a huge victory but now we must compel them to abandon it completely. This poison must never enter another child’s body.”