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Florida Board Of Medicine’s Vote to Protect Children

The Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine Joint Rules/Legislative Committee both voted to prohibit the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgery as “gender-affirming” care for children.

After holding a public meeting in Orlando on the effectiveness of such “gender-affirming” care when applied to minors, the committee voted to approve a rule that essentially bans the controversial treatments for children under 18 entirely in Florida. The rule now moves to the Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine for approval according to The Daily Wire.

The meeting which lasted over five hours featured testimonies from experts including Dr. Michael Biggs, Dr. James Cantor, Dr. Riittakerttu Kaltiala, and Dr. Michael Laidlaw who reported to the committee on the lifelong effects these medical interventions have on children and adolescents suffering from the recognized medical disorder of “gender dysphoria.”

These experts testified that there is a lack of qualified medical evidence to support these radical procedures.

The committee, however, was not a one-sided affair and Dr. Kristin Dayton, Dr. Aron Janssen, and Dr. Meredithe McNamara testified in favor of the irreversible hormonal and surgical alterations.

By the end of the meeting, Florida Board of Medicine Member Nicholas Romanello proposed the new rule echoing the actions of national health departments in SwedenFinland, and England, according to Daily Wire. All of these nations have abandoned the use of “gender-affirming” care after performing a detailed, systematic analysis of the available evidence and records.

According to FLVoiceNews, “Dr. Michael Laidlaw outlined to board members how cross-sex hormones can lead to an increased risk of death due to cardiovascular disease, sexual dysfunction, and infertility. He said a female who takes high doses of testosterone are at risk of high red blood cell counts, higher risk of breast cancer, and possible severe liver dysfunction.”

He added, “Some of these other problems will be permanent, like being on puberty blockers for a couple of years will cause permanent loss of bone density,” Laidlaw said. “There’s brain development, which occurs under the influence of sex hormones, which will be altered permanently and other such effects.”

A public comment period was permitted during the meeting and several people shared their de-transitioning experiences and noted the irreversible effects of the treatments they received as they attempted to change their gender.

“After nearly four years of being on testosterone, I decided to de-transition and accept my womanhood. My mental health improved exponentially,” one pregnant woman testified. “Three years later my menstrual cycle has still been irregular. I still have to shave my face daily and I struggle with hormonal acne.”

After the testimony concluded Romanello said,

“I believe that based upon the testimony that we’ve heard this morning and the materials in the portal, that the risk of puberty suppressing therapies, cross-hormonal therapy and surgery, those risks outweigh the possible benefits and that there is a lack of consistent, reliable, scientific peer reviewed evidence concerning the efficacy and safety of such treatment.”

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