Legal threats over gender-affirming care: What GPs need to know

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Legal threats over gender-affirming care: What GPs need to know

Frances Matthews
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Transgender people face considerable disapproval from some sectors of society, including Inflection Point NZ [Image: Alex Jackman on Unsplash]

Doctors nationwide have received legal letters ‘warning’ them of potential legal action for prescribing puberty blockers and other gender-affirming care. Frances Matthews responds

No one drags children into doctors’ offices to indoctrinate them or force them to accept treatment Doctors in New Zealand who provide gender-aff