{"id":31921,"date":"2023-06-08T18:18:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T17:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=31921"},"modified":"2025-06-27T11:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T10:23:46","slug":"father-sues-nhs-stop-autistic-sons-sex-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/father-sues-nhs-stop-autistic-sons-sex-change\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Heartbroken&#8217; father sues NHS to stop autistic son&#8217;s sex change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A father is taking legal action against the national health service(NHS) to stop surgeons from performing sex-change surgery on his &#8220;vulnerable&#8221; autistic son.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/06\/04\/nhs-gender-clinic-judicial-review-autistic-son-sex-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>the Telegraph<\/b><\/a>, the parent says that both Tavistock and NHS England\u2019s &#8220;adult gender identity services&#8221; failed to explore issues surrounding his son\u2019s autism, anxiety, and mental health and instead rushed his child down a path of \u201cexperimental treatment\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31819\" style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-12-124121.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-31819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-12-124121-300x192.png\" alt=\"Transgender\" width=\"468\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-12-124121-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-12-124121-600x384.png 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-12-124121.png 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Pixfuel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Saturday, June 10th, 2023, a 21-year-old boy with special needs, who requires professional care, is sadly being reduced to a lab rat scheduled to undergo surgery. The procedure is a &#8220;vaginoplasty&#8221; surgery which involves removing male genitalia and creating female parts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We were just devastated when we heard he was getting surgery,\u2019 his father said. He believes those with autism and developmental delays should not be able to consent to &#8220;surgery until at least 25&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, we say there should be no mutilation, as it is an unnecessary, ungodly, and pure perversion of medicine. Even <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishautism.org\/about-autism\/about-autism\/thinking-styles#:~:text=Autistic%20individuals%20are%20likely%20to,spectrum%20(Bowler%2C%202007).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Scottish Autism<\/b><\/a> said: \u2018Autistic individuals are likely to have a different way of processing information. They have difficulty understanding and responding to the perspective of others.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>As the Bible says,<br \/>\n<b>Job 13:4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #800080; border-top: 9px solid #800080; border-bottom: 9px solid #800080; border-right: 18px solid #800080; border-left: 18px solid #800080; display: inline-block;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stewardship.org.uk\/pages\/cv01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Support Christian Voice \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Puberty blockers worsen mental health<\/h2>\n<p>According to the father of the autistic boy, &#8216;puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones administered by Tavistock actually worsened his son&#8217;s mental health&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, when the boy was 13, he began attending Tavistock child gender clinic in London and was prescribed puberty-blocking drugs against his parents&#8217; wishes at 16.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They were continually affirming him. I don&#8217;t think the adult services have taken into account his autism and fragile mental health.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He had a lot of self-harm and at least one suicide attempt that we know of,&#8217; the father said.<\/p>\n<p>Another young autistic man is himself <a title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gransnet.com\/forums\/chat\/a1324657-An-autistic-patient-who-had-his-penis-removed-is-suing-over-NHS-treatment-given-to-young-people-with-gender-dysphoria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>suing the NHS<\/b><\/a> over &#8216;gender surgery&#8217; which should never have been done.<\/p>\n<h2>Transgender clinic shut down by NHS<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30725\" style=\"width: 405px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/TAVIII-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-30725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/TAVIII-1-300x227.png\" alt=\"The Tavistock Centre\" width=\"405\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/TAVIII-1-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/TAVIII-1.png 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tavistock Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The NHS ordered the closure of the Central Transgender clinic by spring 2023, based on an interim report by Dr. Hilary Cass, a former president at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, on 28th July 2022<\/p>\n<p>According to <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-62335665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>the BBC<\/b><\/a>, the closure includes Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. The announcement was made in response to multiple allegations by parents and whistleblowers.<\/p>\n<p>Their concerns were based on the clinic&#8217;s\u00a0capacity, competence, and long-term negative effects of treatment on teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>Read related articles here:<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #ffff00; border-top: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-bottom: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-right: 18px solid #FFFF00; border-left: 18px solid #FFFF00; display: inline-block;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/tavistock-to-face-legal-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tavistock to face legal action \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #ffff00; border-top: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-bottom: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-right: 18px solid #FFFF00; border-left: 18px solid #FFFF00; display: inline-block;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/transgender-documentary-spills-beans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transgender documentary spills beans\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #ffff00; border-top: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-bottom: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-right: 18px solid #FFFF00; border-left: 18px solid #FFFF00; display: inline-block;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/nhs-to-fast-track-surgery-for-trans-patients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS to fast-track surgery for trans patients\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Puberty blockers are ineffective!<\/h2>\n<p>In several European countries, doctors moved to ban the use of puberty lockers for children and adolescents. According to <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10773305\/Assistant-Secretary-Health-Rachel-Levine-claims-doctors-agree-gender-affirming-care.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b> the Daily Mail<\/b><\/a>, 13 adolescents who were administered puberty blockers appeared to have adverse reactions in Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the gender clinic in the UK is facing mass legal action from children who allege they were pressured into taking life-altering puberty blockers. The gender identity development service (GIDS) at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust has been accused by families of multiple failures in its duty of care.<\/p>\n<h2>Vaginoplasty surgery NOT safe<\/h2>\n<p>In September 2021, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust were taken to court by Keira Bell, a 24-year-old female who began taking &#8220;puberty blockers&#8221; when she was 16 before &#8220;de-transitioning&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30751\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-22-105534.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-22-105534-300x279.png\" alt=\"Keira Bell\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-22-105534-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-22-105534.png 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keira Bell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Keira Bell regretted the entire transition process of being injected with &#8220;puberty blockers&#8221;, and says the clinic did not give her the right care.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Bell\u2019s experience highlighted the perils of &#8220;medical transition&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Moreso, A 16-year-old boy who had \u201cvaginoplasty\u201d surgery in a vain attempt to \u201cchange his gender\u201d died from an infection. His death resulted from hormone blockers administered by Dutch researchers.<\/p>\n<p>Moreso, our research online show that sex mutilation does not adequately address the psychosocial difficulties faced by people who identify as transgender. Even when the procedures are successful technically and cosmetically, and in cultures that are relatively &#8220;trans-friendly,&#8221; \u2018transitioners\u2019 still face poor outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Paul McHugh, a professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: \u2018Transgendered\u2019 men do not become women, nor do \u2018transgendered\u2019 women become men.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Bible says,<br \/>\n<b>Matthew 9:12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.<\/b><br \/>\nRead more stories here:<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #ffff00; border-top: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-bottom: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-right: 18px solid #FFFF00; border-left: 18px solid #FFFF00; display: inline-block;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/the-truth-about-trans-gender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transgender teenager dies after vaginoplasty surgery\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #ffff00; border-top: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-bottom: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-right: 18px solid #FFFF00; border-left: 18px solid #FFFF00; display: inline-block;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/transgender-teenager-dies-after-vaginoplasty-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The truth about transgender\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The place of parents<\/h2>\n<p>It is no longer news that parents have a crucial role to play in the upbringing of their children. However, the statement must not become cliche.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible says<br \/>\n<b>Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The father of the aforementioned 21-year-old boy has spoken up for his son. He has done this by taking legal action against this scandalous mutilation, alongside Ritchie Herron, an autistic &#8220;detransitioner&#8221; who says that gender reassignment surgery has ruined his body forever.<\/p>\n<p>They accuse NHS England of failing to provide appropriate treatment for adults with &#8220;gender dysphoria&#8221; and to put in safeguards for the disproportionate number of people who believe they are &#8220;trans&#8221; and are also on the autism spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>Now more than ever, we must put them in our prayers and believe in God for a victory.<\/p>\n<p><b>Read and Pray<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Deuteronomy 5:29, 6:6-7; Proverbs 1:8-9; Proverbs 17:6; ; Isaiah 54:13; Matthew 18:1-3; Matthew 19:14; Ephesians 6:4; 3 John 1:4.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Pray for the father to have victory in the court and the mutilation not to go ahead on Saturday.<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Pray for parents dealing with children with special needs.<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Pray for the wisdom of God on parents dealing 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