New Research Challenges Claim That Access to Puberty Blockers Prevents Youth Suicides

Ryan Anderson (L), president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, with Jay Greene, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on June 14, 2022. Terri Wu/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—New Heritage Foundation research shows that access to puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones does not reduce youth suicide rates. This challenges a key argument that such access to gender transition drugs saves lives.

Jay Greene, a senior research fellow at the conservative think tank’s center for education policy, authored a report on the findings, hoping the new evidence would allow policymakers to take more cautious and deliberate approaches to set regulations.