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interventions all happened in adulthood, and... sure, but she was put on the... puberty blockers have become a big issue. yes. she was put on them at 16. which is a reversable treatment. puberty blockers are a reversible treatment. she made the decision as an adult, and i think all adults should have bodily autonomy. that to me seems analogous... should children have bodily autonomy? within reason. i mean, children do. we have legal rights for children about certain... you know, there was the gillick case about whether or not children should be able to access contraception, for example. puberty blockers, which are used for the alleviation of gender dysphoria for trans young people, were originally prescribed to children for precocious puberty. most treatments given to trans young people were actually developed for non—trans young people. and the other thing i wanted to say is that whilst keira bell's apparent distress with the decisions that she made is very real, i feel its use in this context is analogous to what you see in the us. as we're seeing right now with the anti—abortion lobby is that you can get very