It was updated on Nov 4, 2022.
The Florida Board of Medicine approved a rule Friday that will make Florida the latest state to target healthcare for people who are different from their biological sex.
The protesters are in support of the rights of the trans community.
The Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine voted at a meeting Friday to approve a rule banning children under the age of 18 who suffer from gender Dysphoria from accessing medical care.
The Board of Medicine got rid of a provision in the law that allowed clinical trials of gender-affirming care treatments, while the osteopathic board voted to keep that provision.
There will be a 28-day approval period in which additional public comments can be made.
The board voted to allow the rule after an hour long discussion in which they emphasized the political nature of their decision making and cited a lack of evidence on the benefits of gender-affirming care.
A committee within the board voted last week to start drafting the rule after hearing testimony from an endocrinologist who said 50% to 90% of children who believe their gender identity does not match their biological sex eventually change it
The study was conducted by people who aren't experts in the field, like a dentist, and it was flawed, according to Dr. McNamara.
An activist shouted "The blood is on your hands" during the board's committee meeting last week. The board member said that was okay.
The American Medical Association has formally opposed state measures that would ban gender-affirming care for children. The American Medical Association wrote to the National Governors Association in opposition to policies banning gender affirming care for children. The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Psychological Association, and American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry have all supported access to gender-affirming care for children.
The Florida medical board took up the issue of banning gender-affirming care for minor after the state's surgeon general asked them to do so. In April, the Florida Department of Health recommended against gender-affirming care and that gender transition should not be a treatment option for children or adolescents. Ladapo pointed to that report to justify asking the board to craft a rule banning the healthcare treatments, claiming the recommendations by groups like the American Medical Association in favor of gender-affirming care appear to follow a preferred political ideology instead of the highest level of generally accepted medical science. Medicaid can't cover gender-affirming care. Arkansas and Alabama have enacted laws banning gender-affirming care, which have now been partially blocked in court, as a result of the actions of the Florida board. Florida is the first state to ban the care for children under the age of 18.
The Florida medical board voted to ban gender affirming care.
Medical boards are being used to ban gender-affirming care.
The Florida medical board has a lot of donations. On Friday, they vote on the issue. There is a newspaper in the bay area.
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