A federal judge who heard a lawsuit challenging Florida’s restrictions on gender-affirming care says Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly spread false information to push through policies that would limit access to various transition-related treatments. U.S. Judge Robert Hinkle, of the Northern District of Florida, made the remarks during the final day of a trial, finding that Florida health authorities and DeSantis initially cast the state’s law barring minors from accessing gender-affirming treatments as a necessary step to prevent children from being mutilated. But, Hinkle said, the law actually prevents transgender individuals from accessing any health care treatments that affirm their gender identity. The restrictions on gender-affirming care were first enacted in March after the Florida Board of Medicine and Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine approved rules to limit the accessibility of hormonal and surgical interventions. DeSantis subsequently signed a bill in May solidifying those rules into state law. Under the law. Three Florida families with transgender children then sued Florida over those restrictions. During the trial, Mohammad Jazil, a lawyer for the state, argued that the law is intended to protect the public in an area of medicine. Thomas Redburn, an attorney representing the plaintiffs, told Hinkle about the devastating repercussions of the law for transgender youth and their families and asserted that the law was discriminatory. Hinkle said he would decide whether the law is discriminatory and whether to block it from being enforced as quickly as he can in 2024.
Federal Judge Says DeSantis Spread Misinformation To Get Anti Trans Restrictions
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