Legal Warnings & Gender Medicine: A Reckoning Ahead?

Is gender medicine in New Zealand built on elite opinion rather than sound science? Lawyer Stephen Franks of Franks Ogilvie, representing Inflection Point, is raising the alarm on puberty blockers for children, questioning the lack of informed consent and the duty of care in gender-affirming treatments.

With new evidence from multiple countries challenging past justifications, Franks warns that doctors and institutions could face legal consequences for prescribing irreversible treatments to children who may not fully understand the risks. He draws parallels to past medical scandals, asking whether ideology—not science—is driving the push for gender medicine.

His outspoken stance hasn’t come without consequences—backlash, threats, and even complaints to the police and Law Society. But he remains steadfast in his mission to protect vulnerable children from experimental treatments that could shape the rest of their lives.

Is a legal reckoning on the horizon? Watch now.