The UK government has introduced a draft bill that could imprison parents, teachers, and doctors for up to five years for attempting to dissuade children from gender transitioning. This legislation targets so-called conversion practices, which the government defines as efforts to change sexual orientation or gender identity. Critics argue the bill's wording is dangerously vague, potentially criminalizing normal parental concern or exploratory conversations with children. This follows a trend of schools being permitted to socially transition four-year-olds and exam boards including pro-trans material in educational resources. Campaigners express concern that affirmation-only approaches to gender identity are being solidified. Recent NHS trials of puberty blockers for the under-16s have heightened these worries. Official guidance allows primary-aged children to socially transition at school, with concerns that activist influence leads to a default of affirmation. Children's author Rachel Rooney experienced career destruction after publishing a book emphasizing acceptance of natural bodies, highlighting a chilling effect on dissent. Despite a Supreme Court ruling affirming biological sex, the institutional push to embed gender ideology continues. The government's proposed law is viewed by critics as criminalizing resistance to this ideology, rather than protecting children.