The Washington Post editorial board calls for more robust research to determine the health outcomes of puberty blockers and hormones on children

The Washington Post editorial board published an op-ed on Sunday that called for more robust scientific research to be conducted to determine the health outcomes of puberty blockers and hormones on children.

The board bemoaned “scientists’ failure to study these treatments slowly and systematically as they developed them” The board also noted that European health officials in the U.K. , Norway , and Sweden have pointed out the lack of sufficient evidence showing the health benefits of gender-transition procedures.

Van Meter : "We have had the science on our side since square one, and we have just been shut out by the major press,” he observed.

“I would really greatly desire a dialogue in front of an audience of my peers to say, this is what we believe and this is why we believe science, and let the advocates for these interventions come back with their answers’.