Florida Department of Health pushes back on federal guidance on trans youth care
ABC News
The Florida Department of Health has released new guidance against gender-affirming for transgender youth.
The Florida Department of Health has released new guidance reaffirming its stance against gender-affirming care for transgender youth, following similar efforts by several other Republican-led states across the country.
The agency slammed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which recently stated its commitment to "supporting and protecting" transgender youth, their families and caretakers.
"The federal government's medical establishment releasing guidance failing at the most basic level of academic rigor shows that this was never about health care," said Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo.
He claimed the HHS' move to protect gender-affirming care was about "injecting political ideology into the health of our children."
