Tories’s emergency puberty blockers ban was lawful, High Court rules

A High Court ruling has found that a ban on puberty blockers introduced by the Tory government using emergency legislation was lawful.

Former health secretary Victoria Atkins made a decision to impose a so-called ‘banning order’ on puberty blockers, which suppress the natural production of sex hormones to delay puberty.

But this was challenged by campaign group TransActual...