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(LifeSiteNews) — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has reversed a judge who blocked Florida’s law banning “gender transition” procedures on minors, allowing it to be enforced while the legal battle over its constitutionality proceeds. In June, Democrat-appointed U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle struck down SB 254, Florida’s ban on transgender drugs and surgeries for minors enacted in 2023, declaring it an “unconstitutional” prohibition of “proper treatment” for gender-confused minors. The office of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis quickly denounced the ruling and confirmed it would appeal. Days later, DeSantis doubled down that “it’s...