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Florida Health Department Calls Out White House Over ‘Irreversible’ Trans Treatments For Kids

Guidance was put forth this past Wednesday by the Florida Department of Health that stood against “irreversible” transgender treatments targeting kids, making warnings that these procedures present an “unacceptably high risk of doing harm.”

Puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender reassignment surgery should not be part of any of the treatment options for kids or adolescents, reads the guidance, which makes repeated referral to their “potentially irreversible consequences.”

“Based on the currently available evidence, ‘encouraging mastectomy, ovariectomy, uterine extirpation, penile disablement, tracheal shave, the prescription of hormones which are out of line with the genetic make-up of the child, or puberty blockers, are all clinical practices which run an unacceptably high risk of doing harm,'” stated the guidance.

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