Households sue over Florida’s new bans on gender-affirming care

Mother and father of transgender youngsters in Florida have sued, asking a federal decide to dam the state’s newly-signed legislation that prohibits gender-affirming take care of minors.

Three households argued in court docket that the legislation, which Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed earlier in the weekdeprives them of the liberty to make medical choices for his or her youngsters.

The legislation prohibits gender-affirming procedures, prescriptions and surgical procedures for minors.

It additionally bars the usage of state funds for gender-affirming well being care, and tightens guidelines that apply to transgender adults who’re in search of care.

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Gov. DeSantis has made opposition to gender-affirming care a keystone coverage, whereas he’s extensively anticipated to announce a run for the Republican presidential nomination.

“We by no means did this by way of all of human historical past till like, what, two weeks in the past? Now that is one thing? They’re having third-graders declare pronouns? We’re not doing the pronoun Olympics in Florida,” DeSantis mentioned when he signed the payments.

The case bears similarities to different authorized battles elsewhere within the U.S. Federal judges have blocked legal guidelines that ban gender-affirming take care of minors in Alabama and Arkansas. In Oklahoma, enforcement of a ban has paused whereas a court docket case proceeds.

In line with the Human Rights Marketing campaign, Florida is now one of 19 states which have enacted legal guidelines or insurance policies banning gender-affirming take care of these underneath the age of 18. Eight extra states are contemplating comparable legal guidelines.

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