By Shayla Papik –
A federally-funded researcher found that puberty blockers given to children did NOT help them mentally or emotionally. But Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy withheld the conclusions of the study because of her own political bias.
“I do not want our work to be weaponized,” she said, as quoted in Breitbart. “It has to be exactly on point, clear and concise. And that takes time.”
The issue of administering puberty blockers to children has become a major controversy in the United States in recent years. LGBTQ advocates say that allowing children to start their transition to the opposite gender would help them overcome the anxiety from gender dysphoria. Olson-Kennedy’s study seems to contradict the LGBTQ position.
The National Institutes of Health started the $10 million study in 2015 to follow 95 kids who started puberty blockers at around age 11. Olson-Kennedy, who is a renowned expert on transgender youth, said the kids were doing well but hasn’t released the data for nine years.
Boston College clinical and research psychologist Amy Tishelman, one of the researchers on the study, is dismayed by the delay.
“I understand the fear about it being weaponized, but it’s really important to get the science out there,” Tishelman says. “No change isn’t necessarily a negative finding — there could be a preventative aspect to it. We just don’t know without more investigation.”
Currently, more than 20 states have legislated bans on gender treatments for minors. One of those states will soon have their ban considered by the Supreme Court.
Erica Anderson, a clinical psychologist and a transgender youth expert, told the New York Post that Olson-Kennedy withholding the research contradicts the Scientific Method. “We’re craving information about these medical treatments for gender questioning youth. Dr. Olson-Kennedy has the largest grant that’s ever been awarded in the US on the subject and is sitting on data that would be helpful to know,” she said.
“It’s not her prerogative to decide based on the results that she will or won’t publish them,” she added. “It’s contrary to the scientific method. You do research, and then you disclose what the results are,” she said. “You don’t change them, you don’t distort them, and you don’t reveal or not reveal them based on the reactions of others. You report as scientists what you’ve learned.”
On December 11, Britain’s health secretary announced the UK will indefinitely ban puberty blockers for minors, citing guidance from an independent panel that suggested prescribing puberty blockers to young people carries an “unacceptable risk.”
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About the writer of this article: Shayla Papik studies at Lighthouse Christian Academy near Culver City, CA.
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