“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling came to the defense of a renowned British pediatrician who is reportedly unable to travel on public transit after receiving backlash for her role in a massive study that revealed a lack of evidence supporting the efficacy of gender care for minors.
“‘Follow the money’ may be a conspiracy theorist trope and I hate the X cliché ‘let that sink in’, but when a respected paediatrician is advised not to travel by bus, and when lobby groups fall over themselves to discredit a meticulous medical review, both might seem to apply,” Rowling wrote in the last of a trio of posts weighing in on the development.
Rowling shared a link to a Sunday Times report detailing the ordeal through its interview with Dr. Hilary Cass, the physician behind the study.
“I’m not going on public transport at the moment, following security advice, which is inconvenient,” she told the outlet.
Cass, the former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, was commissioned by the United Kingdom’s National Health Services (NHS) to conduct an independent review on gender-affirming care services for children and teens in 2020. She handed over her 388-page report recently, and the findings indicated “no good evidence” for the medical push to transition children’s gender, noting the push had been “built on shaky foundations.”
The report also found that puberty blockers did not help youth suffering from gender dysphoria feel better about their bodies, noting that evidence on the treatments’ mental effects was insufficient.
