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Puberty, Politics and the PATHWAYS Trial: The Making of a British Experiment

Britain’s medicines regulator called them an unacceptable safety risk. Its Health Secretary called their historic use a scandal. Now, on 1 August 2026, the state is preparing to give puberty blockers to children as young as 11 inside a clinical trial, with shopping vouchers as an incentive. This is how it happened, who allowed it, and what the evidence actually says.