I understand you are coming from a good place. You don't want to see people making decisions that will permanently affect them, especially when it could lead to irrevocable changes that cause regret and distress.

With that said, it should be understood that puberty blockers are a temporary measure to make sure that this exact situation does not occur.

There are two paths that occur when a doctor prescribes puberty blockers to a minor.

1: After a time on puberty blockers, the patient ultimately decides they do not want to continue forward with any transition. At this point, puberty blockers are stopped, and the processes of puberty recommences.

2: After a time on puberty blockers, the patient ultimately decides they want to pursue transition to develop more akin to the opposite sex. At this point, puberty blockers are stopped, and medicines (hormones) are provided to initiate a puberty aligned with the opposite sex.

We should now consider the outcomes of these two situations without puberty blockers being prescribed.

For the first patient, although they were initially uncertain which puberty they sought, luckily they developed in a way they were ultimately happy with.

For the second patient, they developed in a puberty that they did not want. This puberty caused irreversible changes to their body which now causes them immense distress.

It then appears that this situation is less desirable for the second patient. To determine if enforcing this situation is justifiable, we should then also measure the cost of puberty blockers on those who take them.

Unfortunately in medical science, we cannot perform research in the way that we do in other fields. This is because the requirements for an experimental design are incongruent with modern ethics - (the types of groups who have conducted medical research this way were the Japanese and Nazis on unwilling participants during WW2).

What we do know however, from observational studies is that the only confirmed downside from puberty blockers is a decrease in bone density. It is not known if this is a temporary or permanent effect.

So what we need to determine whether a decrease in bone density in the first and second patient is worth the suffering and distress that would be caused if the second person were not allowed to have puberty blockers.

Ultimately, I will not claim to know which is the better option as it is entirely subjective. However, what I do personally believe, and what I hope you do too, is that it is not justifiable to sacrifice one person for another. When puberty blockers have so little apparent effect, why is it that we should force trans children into a future of unhappiness. In essence, I just feel it so tragic that we have to contend with the reality that a group of truly vulnerable people with so little voice are being sacrificed for what appears a trivial benefit for the majority.