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Most professional medical associations oppose or have guidance in opposition to the DeSantis administration’s posture on transition-related care, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Endocrine Society, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. He said that operations for children - mainly mastectomies for transgender boys - are exceedingly rare and that they occur only after multiple evaluations.ĭeSantis’ administration notes that Sweden and Finland, which were among the first countries to engage in prescribing a broad range of transition-related care for transgender children, have severely curtailed their use now.īut his administration has gone a step further, experts say, by also seeking to ban what’s called “social gender transition therapy” - prohibiting therapists from encouraging children to change their pronouns, hair and dress in accordance with their gender identities. Howell said doctors aren’t just prescribing puberty blockers or hormones without adequate safeguards or without the informed consent of caring and involved parents.
“This interferes with the rights of parents,” Howell said, drawing attention to DeSantis’ crusade for parental rights when it comes to teaching kids about race, gender identity and sexual orientation in the classroom. The process could take months, and it’s unclear how many people it could affect. Ladapo then asked the Florida Board of Medicine to “establish a standard of care” Thursday that could ultimately result in prohibiting doctors from prescribing the therapies for transgender youths. In a partial answer to the criticisms, Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration issued its report Thursday questioning the science and safety of hormone therapies, puberty blockers and gender-reassignment surgery. Department of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden, and transgender rights activists and 300 state health care professionals accused Florida of cherry-picking evidence and performing incomplete research. It contradicted guidance issued by the U.S. In April, Ladapo issued guidance recommending against transgender treatments for minors who feel their bodies and their gender identities are misaligned.
Leading the charge for DeSantis: Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, who oversees the Health Department.