Tag: Charlie Gard

So, doctors can ignore children’s wishes on life-saving blood transfusions – but not potentially life-wrecking hormone treatments?

Post author By Debbie Hayton
Post date November 22, 2020
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Doctors override the wishes of children if they believe respecting them may ‘restrict their options in future.’ If hormone therapy can render people infertile, surely they should resist prescribing it till they are more mature.

Tags Charlie Gard, Keira Bell, Transgender