Science, Politics and Ideology: The ABC Gets Puberty Blockers Exactly Wrong

The ABC screened a segment entitled “Science and politics clash in puberty blockers debate” in its 7.30 news program on July 28. It declared that the “fierce debate” over the safety of puberty blockers for prepubescent teens who believe they are transgender has become “a collision of science, politics and ideology playing out in Australia and across the globe”. Not unexpectedly, the program…