Yeah, right!
Okay raise your hand if you never knew DeSantis lied when he was passing the anti-trans healthcare legislation.
Gee who would have thought?
If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. The judge sure didn’t buy it…
Meanwhile parents and trans youth wait for the trail to end.
It is so depressing and sad all the roadblocks the state of Florida has put in front of us. They just don’t care the harm it is doing us. It is all for votes… the right-wing evangelical Christian vote and we are put though hell.
Okay raise your hand if you never knew DeSantis lied when he was passing the anti-trans healthcare legislation.
Judge: DeSantis spread false information while pushing trans health care ban, restrictions
AP News
BY BRENDAN FARRINGTON
December 21, 2023A federal judge hearing a challenge to a transgender health care ban for minors and restrictions for adults noted Thursday that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly spread false information about doctors mutilating children’s genitals even though there’s been no such documented cases.
The law was sold as defending children from mutilation when it is actually about preventing trans children from getting health care, Judge Robert Hinkle said to Mohammad Jazil, a lawyer for the state.
“When I’m analyzing the governor’s motivation, what should I make of these statements?” Hinkle asked. “This seems to be more than just hyperbole.”
Hinkle said he will rule sometime in the new year on whether the Legislature, the Department of Health and presidential candidate DeSantis deliberately targeted transgender people through the new law. He raised some skepticism about the state’s motivation as lawyers gave their closing arguments.
Gee who would have thought?
Jazil said the motivation behind the law was simply public safety in an area that needs more oversight and can have permanent consequences.
“It’s about treating a medical condition; it’s not about targeting transgender individuals,” Jazil said.
Meanwhile parents and trans youth wait for the trail to end.
It must be so hard on all the trans families, never knowing if you will become a criminal under Florida law.Florida mother fears her family will be devastated as trial on trans health care ban begins
AP News
BY BRENDAN FARRINGTON
December 13, 2023The mother of a transgender girl sobbed in federal court Wednesday as she contemplated having to move away from her Navy officer husband to get health care for her 12-year-old if Florida’s ban on gender dysphoria treatments for minors is allowed to take affect.
The woman, who testified as Jane Doe to protect the identity of her child, said her daughter went from being anxious and upset to a thriving, happy straight-A student after being allowed to live as a girl about eight years ago, a decision she made with her husband after multiple visits to their family’s doctor.
But as the girl approaches puberty, she fears she will start turning into a boy. Without treatment, she and her family will be devasted, the mother said.
Redburn said in opening arguments that the Florida law is unconstitutional because it singles out an entire group of people. He pointed out that non-transgender adults can receive the same treatments, such as estrogen and testosterone, without having to jump through hoops.
“The state of Florida has decided that people should not be transgender,” Redburn said. “The fewer transgender people, the better.”
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