Medical Boards in FL Vote to Ban Transgender Youth Access to Gender-Affirming Care

Florida’s medical boards on Friday finalized a rule to ban gender-affirming health care including puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries for transgender youth as treatment for gender dysphoria.

Members of the Florida Board of Medicine and the state Board of Osteopathic Medicine at Disney Springs in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., voted to adopt a rule preventing minors from accessing gender-affirming care despite guidance from leading medical organizations that the treatment is medically necessary.

The new decision will not apply to transgender youth already receiving treatment.

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