Florida to ban transgender health care treatments for minors

Puberty-blocking therapies, surgical procedures and other gender-affirming treatments to be banned for transgender youth

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Transgender children in Florida will be barred from receiving hormones or undergoing surgeries to treat gender dysphoria under a rule approved Friday by state medical officials at the urging of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The Florida Board of Medicine and the state Board of Osteopathic Medicine voted at a joint meeting in Lake Buena Vista to finalize  today!

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