With any luck, this will embolden other states to do the same, as previous actions here in the Sunshine State have done.
America will be a better place. A much better place.
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Posted on 04/06/2023 5:49:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate on Tuesday passed a plan that would bar doctors and other health-care providers from offering treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy to transgender minors.
The bill (SB 254) would largely put into law rules approved by state medical boards, but it also could lead to felony charges for doctors who provide the treatments to minors.
Bill sponsor Clay Yarborough, R-Jacksonville, said the treatments, which also could involve surgery, are “experimental” when provided to children.
“I believe we need to let kids be kids,” Yarborough said. “And our laws need to set appropriate boundaries that respect the rights and responsibilities of parents while protecting children from the very serious health and safety concerns associated with these treatments.”
But Democratic lawmakers said major national medical associations support gender-affirming care for transgender minors and that the bill is part of broader efforts in legislatures across the country to target LGBTQ youths. Rep. Tina Polsky, D-Boca Raton, called the bill “persecution, plain and simple.”
“I will not co-sign on vilifying young people who are trying just to be who they are, vilifying parents when they want to seek gender-affirming care, vilifying physicians who provide this care,” Sen. Geraldine Thompson, D-Windermere, said.
The Republican-controlled Senate voted 27-12 along almost-straight party lines to pass the bill. Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, joined Democrats in opposing the bill. The bill now will go to the House, where it is expected to pass.
“I don’t think that young people should have their bodies mutilated until they have a chance to make a decision,” House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, told reporters earlier Tuesday. “And when they’re adults, if that’s what they choose to do, then we support them in that decision. … ”
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The need to comment on this is too absurd to comment on.
“The Florida Senate on Tuesday passed a plan that would bar doctors and other health-care providers from offering treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy to transgender minors.”
no puberty blockers period after age 11
sex hormones only consistent with the patients’ chromesomes
No, Dr. Frankenstein
“I will not co-sign on vilifying young people who are trying just to be who they are”
“I will not co-sign on vilifying young people who are trying just to be who they are not.
I reject the entire premise that there are transgender minors.
Every day on Free Republic I find reasons to be thankful I live in Florida.
That makes sense, if adults can’t take synthetic hormones and hormone suppressants also known as steroids, you can’t justify allowing children to take them.
No, it bans destructive drugs from being given to kids.
It’s a completely modern invention and learned behavior. Something people outside of western media sources have never even heard of. If it were real it would not be generational, nor regional.
I had to move from Florida to Alabama for a job but now that I’m retired I think a move back to Florida would be a good idea. Alabama should be following Floridas every move but its not.
With any luck, this will embolden other states to do the same, as previous actions here in the Sunshine State have done.
America will be a better place. A much better place.
HUZZAH!
MY GOVERNOR AT WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA!
[He needs to declare his non-candidacy for POTUS in 2024 and stay in Florida to finish his most important work!]
Trump will Make America Great Again in 2025!
And DeSantis will Keep America Great FRom 2029 until Jan 2037!
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