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Because giving hormone suppressors to developing kids could have massive implications to their physical and mental development? Has there really been enough research on the subject to come up with a valid cost-benefit analysis?

> How can there be any emphatically-cogent argument…?

Because drugging little kids should be a last resort. Using big words doesn't change the need to be extremely cautious in doing something as serious as blocking puberty.




That's why we leave it up to the doctors to prescribe them?


like the doctors don't have incentive to prescribe drugs...




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