- A doctor reportedly withheld a study on puberty blockers for over a year because the results contradicted her prior support for their use in minors.
- The study found that puberty blockers led to negative outcomes, such as increased mental health issues in young patients.
- Critics argue that this delay in releasing the findings prevented necessary public discourse and raised concerns over medical transparency.
Quotes:
- “The results don’t align with her advocacy.”
- “Puberty blockers may not be as harmless as previously claimed.”
- “Transparency in medical research is crucial.”
The results of a government-funded research project that showed no mental health improvements for “gender-distressed” children who were put on puberty blockers have been withheld because the project director believes they might be used to stop such treatments. From the article: “In the nine years since the study was funded… Dr. Olson-Kennedy’s team has not published the data. Asked why, she said the findings might fuel the kind of political attacks that have led to bans of the youth gender treatments in more than 20 states.” “Dr. Olson-Kennedy is one of the country’s most vocal advocates of adolescent gender treatments… She said she was concerned the study’s results could be used in court to argue that ‘we shouldn’t use blockers because it doesn’t impact them.’” “Other researchers, however, were alarmed by the idea of delaying results that would have immediate implications for families around the world.”
BREAKING: Influential doctor Johanna Olson-Kennedy, who believes in “adolescent gender treatments”, is refusing to publish the results of a study that was funded by millions of dollars from taxpayers. Why? Because the study found that giving puberty blockers to children does not help them. “Puberty blockers did not lead to mental health improvements, she said, most likely because the children were already doing well when the study began.” When asked why she has not publishing the research, she said: “I do not want our work to be weaponized.” Tweet – Ryan Saavedra
