Florida doctors will no longer be authorized to prescribe puberty blockers or ‘gender affirming’ surgeries to minors

Florida doctors will no longer be authorized to prescribe puberty blockers or ‘gender affirming’ surgeries to minors

After a contentious vote on Friday, the Florida Board of Medicine and Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine adopted rules that will prohibit doctors from prescribing certain medicines or performing certain surgeries on minors who believe that they are transgender. The rules had been pushed by Florida Surgeon General Joseph Lapado and were publicly supported by Governor Ron DeSantis (R), who last week took issue with some in the medical community during a gubernatorial debate.

 

Florida doctors will no longer be authorized to prescribe puberty blockers or ‘gender affirming’ surgeries to minors

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