[vertex-four]

Actually, no. This has been studied. There are no ill effects in brain development when you give adolescents puberty blockers that we can tell. You can use the google search <transgender puberty blockers brain development> to find articles, from actual doctors, with references saying so.

[esarbe]

I'm sorry to contradict you. We currently do not know what effect puberty blockers have. There's not enough research.

It's also not true that there are no ill effects in brain developments; studies with animals have shown some concerning results with regards to cognitive functions.

So, it would be more honest to say; "Actually, we don't know. This has not been studied enough."

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/02/20/...

[vertex-four]

DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01053 (“the findings suggest that GnRH treated CPP girls do not differ in their cognitive functioning, behavioural, and social problems from the same age peers”, albeit findings on emotional regulation and reactivity are inconclusive - which is not the same thing as bad, just their experiment design didn’t give them a clear answer).

DOI 10.10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.03.007

We have no strong evidence that it is unsafe in humans, and a bunch of evidence that it is safe.

The Economist is a weird source for a medical research discussion.