Judge criticizes Florida’s ban on trans healthcare, citing “bigotry” and harm

In a narrow ruling Tuesday, a Florida judge blocked enforcement of the state’s ban on affirming transgender care, calling the rule “an exercise in politics, not good medicine.” US District Judge Robert Hinkle granted a preliminary injunction against Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo, the Florida Board of Medicine, the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine and other state leaders and will allow parents who challenged the state access to medical care for their transgender children as the constitutionality of the ban is debated in court. “Plaintiffs’ adolescent children will be irreparably…

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