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2023-09-09 19:59:05 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Puberty blockers do not cause infertility when used to treat precocious puberty, where children go on to experience natural puberty. But in 95% of cases involving treatment for gender dysphoria the children go on to cross-sex hormones, which does result in infertility. https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jac5.1691#:~:text=Over%2095%25%20of%20youth%20treated,to%20receive%20cross%2Dsex%20hormones.&text=By%20contrast%2C%2061%2D98%25,their%20biological%20sex%20during%20puberty.

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• Puberty blockers do not cause infertility when used to treat precocious puberty, where children go on to experience natural puberty. But in 95% of cases involving treatment for gender dysphoria the children go on to cross-sex hormones, which does result in infertility. https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jac5.1691#:~:text=Over%2095%25%20of%20youth%20treated,to%20receive%20cross%2Dsex%20hormones.&text=By%20contrast%2C%2061%2D98%25,their%20biological%20sex%20during%20puberty.