Anne Trans Healthcare, a trans healthcare organisation led by former Mermaids CEO Susie Green, has vowed to continue helping children access puberty blockers despite them being banned by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
The organisation, which has announced it will maintain its services facilitating access to the drugs through overseas doctors, despite Labour’s decision to make the temporary prohibition indefinite.
Speaking to The Times, Susie Green, Anne Health Director and Co-Founder, said: “Yes, Anne Health is supporting people to access legal routes to gender-affirming healthcare, following WPATH guidelines. Yes, we will continue to do so despite a UK-wide ban.
“And we do it because to do otherwise would be morally and ethically wrong. The ban is cruel, prejudicial, and frankly inhumane.”
Several Labour and Green Party MPs opposed the ban, which was announced by Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, arguing it represented an attack on trans children and a “breach of young people’s human rights”.
In an Instagram post aimed, Anne Trans Healthcare declared it would continue facilitating access to puberty blockers.
The organisation stated: “We offer a legal, compassionate, and supportive routes to accessing puberty blockers with medical oversight from experienced endocrinologists.”
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“Our team will guide you through every step of the process, ensuring you feel reassured and supported,” the post continued.
The group says it has established a “legal route” for young people to access the medication through doctors based outside the UK, with prescriptions sent to EU destinations for collection.
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