The prohibition of gender affirming treatments for minors in the US state of Florida came into force this Thursday after the Florida Medical Board approved the measure last November.
Doctors in Florida will not be able to prescribe puberty blockers or hormone treatment therapy to new underage patients who want to transition from one gender to another, as of this Thursday, according to the chain. NBC News.
In this way, Florida has joined seven other states of the country where gender affirming therapies and surgical procedures to treat gender dysphoria in children under 18 years of age are not permitted.
In joint public hearings for the two rules, members of the state Board of Medicine argued that there is no “enough research» to justify possible side effects of treatments.
In this regard, supporters of gender-affirming care restrictions often argue that minors might later regret the transition.
Meanwhile, GOP lawmakers are seeking a way to codify the Florida Board of Medicine’s ban with a proposed law that would also restrict adult care. The bill moving forward in the Florida Senate would make it a felony to provide gender-affirming health care to transgender minors and prohibit state funds from being used to cover the same care for adults, it says. Axios.
