Identity, well-being and autonomy in ongoing puberty suppression for non-binary adults: a response to the commentaries

Lauren Notini^{1

2}, Brian D Earp^{3

4}, Lynn Gillam^{5

6}, Julian Savulescu^{2

4

7

8}, Michelle Telfer^{9

10

11}, Ken C Pang^{9

10

11

12}

Affiliations

¹ Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia lauren.notini@unimelb.edu.au.
² Biomedical Ethics Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
³ Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States and The Hastings Center, Garrison, New York, United States.
⁴ The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
⁵ Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁶ Children's Bioethics Centre, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
⁷ University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
⁸ University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁹ Department of Adolescent Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
¹⁰ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
¹¹ Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
¹² The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Comment

Lauren Notini et al. J Med Ethics. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;46(11):761-762.

doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106942. Epub 2020 Oct 21.

Lauren Notini^{1

2}, Brian D Earp^{3

4}, Lynn Gillam^{5

6}, Julian Savulescu^{2

4

7

8}, Michelle Telfer^{9

10

11}, Ken C Pang^{9

10

11

12}

¹ Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia lauren.notini@unimelb.edu.au.
² Biomedical Ethics Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
³ Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States and The Hastings Center, Garrison, New York, United States.
⁴ The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
⁵ Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁶ Children's Bioethics Centre, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
⁷ University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
⁸ University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁹ Department of Adolescent Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
¹⁰ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
¹¹ Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
¹² The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: autonomy; clinical ethics; concept of health; philosophy of the health professions; sexuality/gender.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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