Written by Jaimie Veale, University of Waikato
This article has been republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license, and with permission from the author.
This op-ed responds to recent developments in Aotearoa New Zealand, where the Government has overridden clinical guidance to restrict access to puberty blockers for transgender young people. Although the policy change is local, the issue it raises – political interference in evidence-based healthcare and the resulting psychological impacts on young people and their whānau – has global relevance. We are sharing it here as part of broader critical conversations in health psychology about equity, clinical autonomy, and the wellbeing of gender-diverse communities.
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