A freeze placed this year on their use to treat gender dysphoria will remain in place for young people under 18, except in clinical trials, Britain’s government said.

The United Kingdom indefinitely banned new prescriptions of puberty blockers to treat minors for gender dysphoria on Wednesday.

The United Kingdom on Wednesday indefinitely banned puberty-blocking drugs as a treatment for minors with gender dysphoria, except in clinical trials, due to an “unacceptable safety risk.” “Existing emergency measures banning the sale and supply of puberty-suppressing hormones will be made indefinite,