The genital obsessed weirdos’ crusade against trans people is global, so there have attempts to bring in a UK-style “emergency” ban on puberty blockers for trans kids in New Zealand as part of the moral panic there. But unlike the UK, whose judiciary seems to be an easy mark for junk science peddled by dubiously funded hate groups, that country’s High Court is having none of it.

In a newly published judgement, the court ruled that there was “no evidence of a particular need to act urgently to prevent new prescriptions because of some immediate risk to physical health if young people commence treatment.” It also noted that “Puberty blockers are reversible. There is no evidence that they affect fertility. If they did, they would hardly be prescribed for children with precocious puberty and they have been prescribed for that purpose for decades.”

The judgement continued: “The evidence relating to mental health outcomes suggests negative outcomes from a ban are a far more immediate concern.”

In the words of the High Court, a ban on puberty blockers purely for trans kids is “discriminatory” because the supposed safety concerns are not being used to demand a similar ban for kids who aren’t trans.