Florida medical boards vote to ban youth gender transition procedures

 Florida's Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine both approved a rule on Friday to prohibit minors in the state from receiving gender transition surgeries, puberty blockers, and hormone therapies

• This is the first such ban initiated through state medical boards.
• Under the new rule, people under 18 years old will be prohibited from receiving these treatments.

The Biden administration has opposed what it calls "discriminatory legislative attacks against LGBTQI+ children and families," with the Department of Health and Human Services coming out in support of "gender-affirming care" for people of all ages.

• HHS Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine, the first transgender federal official confirmed by the Senate, said the Florida medical boards actions were "unprecedented."

Medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association, have also come out against efforts to restrict access to these types of treatments.

• "This is the first time I have seen a medical board weaponized against medical providers that are providing evidence-based, standard of care treatment," Levine said this week.

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