- A 23-year-old woman is taking legal action against an NHS gender clinic, saying she should have been challenged more by medical staff over her desire to transition as a teenager, and take puberty blockers. BBC News reports:
“She was referred to the Tavistock GIDS clinic at the age of 16. She said after three one-hour-long appointments she was prescribed puberty blockers, which delay the development of signs of puberty, like periods or facial hair.
She felt there wasn’t enough investigation or therapy before she reached that stage.”
- The government of Spain backed proposed changes to laws defining sexual assault and rape in accordance with the Istanbul Convention. The new law would define any penetration without consent as rape, punishable by a minimum of four years in prison.
- The federal court of Australia ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay 2.6 million to three women who filed a class action lawsuit against the company for burying the known dangers of pelvic mesh implants.
- The UN warns that violence against women and girls in Myanmar is “a silent emergency.” Government statistics show that rape is on the rise, with two-thirds of known cases perpetrated against children.