{"id":1502740,"date":"2022-06-03T15:34:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T19:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1502740"},"modified":"2022-06-03T15:34:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T19:34:11","slug":"desantis-administration-fighting-against-transgender-surgery-for-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-administration-fighting-against-transgender-surgery-for-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Administration Fighting Against Transgender Surgery For Minors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-administration-fighting-against-transgender-surgery-for-minors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1502740&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis\u2019 administration is fighting back hard against transgender surgery for minors, as both his Department of Health and the Florida agency responsible for Medicaid are condemning the practice.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo joined Tom Wallace, the deputy secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration, to slam the surgery for minors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlorida must do more to protect children from politics-based medicine. Otherwise, children and adolescents in our state will continue to face a substantial risk of long-term harm,\u201d Ladapo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22050967-board-letter\">wrote<\/a> Thursday to the Florida Board of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile some professional organizations, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Endocrine Society, recommend these treatments for \u2018gender affirming\u2019 care, the scientific evidence supporting these complex medical interventions is extraordinarily weak,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing a review of available literature, clinical guidelines, and coverage by other insurers and nations, Florida Medicaid has determined that the research supporting sex reassignment treatment is insufficient to demonstrate efficacy and safety,\u201d Wallace writes in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahca.myflorida.com\/letkidsbekids\/docs\/AHCA_GAPMS_June_2022_Report.pdf?utm_source=iContact&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=AHCA+Communications&#038;utm_content=\">46-page report<\/a>. \u201cIn addition, numerous studies, including the reports provided by the clinical and technical experts listed above, identify poor methods and the certainty of irreversible physical changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsidering the weak evidence supporting the use of puberty suppression, cross-sex hormones, and surgical procedures when compared to the stronger research demonstrating the permanent effects they cause, these treatments do not conform to GAPMS and are experimental and investigational,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn April, Ladapo issued\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/newsroom\/2022\/04\/20220420-gender-dysphoria-press-release.pr.html\">guidance<\/a>\u00a0recommending against transgender treatments for minors who feel their bodies and their gender identities are misaligned,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/desantis-moves-ban-transition-care-transgender-youth-medicaid-recipien-rcna31736?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma\">NBC News<\/a> reported, adding, \u201cDeSantis\u2019 administration notes that Sweden and Finland, which were among the first countries to engage in<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>prescribing a broad range of transition-related care for transgender children, have severely curtailed their use now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2022, the Swedish National Board of Health stated that \u2018the risks of hormonal interventions for gender dysphoric youth outweigh the potential benefits,\u2019\u201d the Wallace report notes. \u201cIn Finland, the Palveluvalikoima issued guidelines in 2020 stating that sex reassignment in minors \u2018is an experimental practice\u2019 and that \u2018no irreversible treatment should be initiated.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe available medical literature provides insufficient evidence that sex realignment through medical intervention is a safe and effective treatment for gender dysphoria,\u201d the Wallace report states.<\/p>\n<p>After listing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex reassignment surgery, the Wallace report concludes:<\/p>\n<p><em>While clinical organizations like the AAP endorse the above treatments, none of those organizations rely on high-quality evidence. Their eminence in the medical community alone does not validate their views in the absence of quality, supporting evidence. To the contrary, the evidence shows that the above treatments pose irreversible consequences, exacerbate or fail to alleviate existing mental health conditions, and cause infertility or sterility.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis\u2019 administration is fighting back hard against transgender surgery for minors, as both his Department of Health and the Florida agency responsible for Medicaid are condemning the practice. Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. 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