STATE NEWS

GOP leaders, medical groups clash in transgender health care cases

Major medical organizations and Republican attorneys general are clashing as they fight to sway the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on transgender health care cases.


  • By
  • | 1:30 p.m. October 16, 2023
Photo from Adobe Stock
Photo from Adobe Stock
manassanant - stock.adobe.com
  • State Government
  • Share

Republican attorneys general from across the country and major medical organizations are trying to help sway a federal appeals court as it considers Florida restrictions on treatments for transgender people.

Briefs filed Friday at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals offer clashing views of treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, particularly for adolescents with gender dysphoria.

The state this summer went to the Atlanta-based appeals court in two cases after U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ruled against a prohibition on Medicaid coverage for such treatments and blocked rules preventing minors from receiving the treatments.

 


You. Your Neighbors Your Neighborhood.

Subscribe today. Cancel anytime.

Latest News

×

Your free article limit has been reached this month.
Subscribe now for unlimited digital access to our award-winning local news.