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LetMyPeopleVote

(154,616 posts)
Fri Nov 4, 2022, 08:04 PM Nov 2022

Florida medical boards ban care for transgender minors

These assholes are using trans children as political pawns to score points with the transphobic assholes who make up the base of the GOP



https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/04/florida-transgender-minors-rule/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wp_main

Florida’s medical boards approved a rule Friday that will bar minors from receiving puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgeries as treatments for gender dysphoria.

The ban, which will go into effect after a 21-day public comment period, includes nonsurgical exceptions for young people already receiving care. Doctors who violate the new rules could face penalties, including losing their medical license.

Other states have attempted to restrict such care but Florida is the first to do so through its medical boards. Arkansas and Alabama’s legislatures approved similar measures but families filed lawsuits against both and judges have barred either from taking effect as the litigation plays out. Arizona lawmakers also passed a ban earlier this year but that law has not taken effect yet and activists have vowed to sue.

Multiple professional organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychological Association, and the Endocrine Society, have endorsed puberty blockers and hormones as appropriate treatments for young people with gender dysphoria. Studies have found that puberty blockers and hormone therapy can reduce emotional distress for transgender young people and reduce the risk of suicide.

Preventing young people from accessing that care could lead to “tragic health consequences,” the head of the American Medical Association said last year.

Despite that guidance, Florida’s conservative leaders have repeatedly tried to bar young people from transitioning. Republicans attempted to pass a ban earlier this year but the bill died in committee.

Trans children are going to suffer and DeathSantis may have blood on his hands if he is the cause of any suicides due to this pollical stunt
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Florida medical boards ban care for transgender minors (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 OP
What happened to do no harm? Deuxcents Nov 2022 #1
Sharia law is above the Hippocratic Oath RainCaster Nov 2022 #3
They need to be sued for discrimination. JohnSJ Nov 2022 #2
Yep.. they probably will be Deuxcents Nov 2022 #4
Can they seek treatment out of State? Banning puberty blockers is pure evil. Freethinker65 Nov 2022 #5
our of state is a long way to travel from south florida jg10003 Nov 2022 #6

jg10003

(1,029 posts)
6. our of state is a long way to travel from south florida
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 01:19 AM
Nov 2022

It takes about 8 hours to drive from Miami to the Georgia state line.

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