# B.C. human rights tribunal orders doctor to pay after refusing puberty blocker injection for trans teen

https://mins.news/en/item/52091

- CBC News, 2026-09-09 21:52 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/hrt-decision-bc-doctor-9.7337414?cmp=rss

> A British Columbia family doctor has been ordered to pay $28,100 after refusing, on religious and cultural grounds, to inject a transgender teenager with a prescribed hormone blocker, according to a human rights tribunal ruling.

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