The U.K., Sweden, Finland, and Norway have restricted minors’ access to such procedures this year. Although they haven’t been banned outright, their use has been limited to clinical trials or under “exceptional circumstances.”
France’s National Academy of Medicine recently called the surge in trans-identifying children an “epidemic-like phenomenon” and advised doctors to be more cautious. The countries argue that studies supporting the interventions aren’t reliable and that the rise in transitions could be due to social contagion.