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Court sees through Ron DeSantis’ lies behind his law banning medical care for trans youth (www.lgbtqnation.com)

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A federal judge says that DeSantis was spreading lies when he called gender-affirming care "mutilation."

This year has been all downhill for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. His presidential aspirations are going up in smoke thanks to his complete lack of charisma and general campaign incompetence. His losing war against Disney is costing Florida taxpayers millions of dollars. Now a federal court all but called DeSantis a liar for the way he justified his ban on medical care for trans youth.

DeSantis repeatedly claimed that the law was necessary to prevent youth from being “mutilated.” In just one example, he went after one reporter who questioned him about it when he signed the bill last May.

“And when you talk to people and I know, like people in your industry will dress it up with a euphemism, and they’ll say it’s health care to cut off the private parts of a 14 or 15 year old,” DeSantis said. “That is not health care. That is mutilation.”

Tell that to U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle.

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[-] Bael422@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

You are correct, it is only reversible care. Nobody gets a sex change under 18 in the US due to minor status consent and permanent procedures like that. Unfortunately you will find it hard to prove something that doesn't happen, happened. That's why they choose this route so they can claim that they are making sure kids aren't getting sex changes by getting the medical/therapy records for anyone Trans.

The problem is that it's just so they get their info to persecute them, which even if this gets stopped in court it keeps Trans people from seeking professional care due to completely legitimate fears of future breaches. They win whether they get the records or not.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

Republicans love to go after things that don’t actually happen.

Just like allowing abortion bans to prevent 8 month abortions which never actually happened unless medically necessary.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Republicans have to fight made up bullshit, because if they didnt have any made up bullshit..they'd have to deal with the actual, legitimate issues that their rule has caused

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 10 months ago

The only non-reversible surgery that a very small number trans teens get is something that their cis peers also get: gynecomastia surgery. People aren’t worried about whether cis boys are satisfied with it, though. 🤷‍♂️

[-] Kepabar@startrek.website -2 points 10 months ago

It happens, but it's limited to mastectomies.

There is also the argument that messing with hormones during puberty is probably not a great idea.

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