Kilotest: Diagnoses of tab-opening link action unstated? violation by HTML element 659 on Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://segm.org/
• Tested 2 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 22:28 by job 261007T2202-905
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 3251
  • Violators: 625
  • Issues: 57
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, possibly surprising a user
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
• Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + Pour + Testaro)
• Violations: 287
• Violators: 164

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: that it would restrict the use of puberty blockers to clinical trials because “there is not enough evidence to support their safety or clinical effectiveness as a routinely...
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/health/aap-gender-affirming-care-evidence-review.html" class="ext" data-extlink="" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = -358, y = 3453, width = 453, height = 64
• Reported by Pour + Testaro

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the tab-opening link action unstated? issue for HTML element 659 of the Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) page.

1. Links opening a new window should say so

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: new-window-link

2. Link has a target=_blank attribute

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: linkExt