The decision is based on “independent expert advice from the Commission on Human Medicines,” which determined “there is currently an unacceptable safety risk.”

The decision comes as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments for U.S v. Jonathan Skrmetti, a case which will determine the constitutionality of state

Senator Pauline Hanson has urged the Australian government to ban puberty blockers for children, as the United Kingdom has done, as they are “irreversible”.

Britain announced Wednesday that a temporary ban barring the use of puberty blocker medication by minors is to become indefinite, stoking anger and criticism from LGBTQ advocates.

The United Kingdom indefinitely banned puberty blockers for children after warnings about an “unacceptable safety risk” on Wednesday. Wes Streeting, the U.K.’s secretary of state for Health and Social Care,

The ban on giving puberty blockers to under-18s questioning their gender identify is to be made permanent, Health Secretary Wes Streeting says. Streeting told the House of Commons he was making the temporary ban currently in place indefinite across the UK,

Any sale or supply of the drugs, known as puberty blockers, through private U.K.-based prescribers for the treatment of gender incongruence or dysphoria in some minors is prohibited until further notice,