(Ezekiel Loseke, Headline USA) Florida’s medical board has banned genital mutilation and accompanying groomer therapies for children, following instructions given to the board by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo.
On Friday, Florida’s medical board voted to ban genital mutilation and the accompanying groomer therapy, according to Politico. The ban includes hormone blockers, surgeries and therapies designed to help children become transgender.
The board also required a 24-hour waiting period for all adults seeking genital mutation surgery, hormone blockers, or chemical castration.
An Atlanta-based endocrinologist, Dr. Quentin Van Meter, supported the ban. Politico reported that he told the medical board, “This is a giant experiment on United States children. Anyone suggesting these things as a standard of care — it’s a mirage.”
The Florida ban on genital mutilation and groomer therapies resulted from guidance issued by Ladapo in June, which recommended “against certain pharmaceutical, non-pharmaceutical, and surgical treatments for gender dysphoria.” He said his recommendations were “based on a lack of conclusive evidence and the high risk for long-term, irreversible harms from these treatments.”
Ladapo may be referring to the fact that 32-50% of “transgender” people attempt suicide, according to the National Library of Medicine.
The guidance acknowledged that “some professional organizations” recommend the prohibited “treatments” for gender dysphoria. Still, it argued that the evidence cannot support these conclusions. Ladapo wrote that a study conducted by “Dr. Brignardello—Pelerson and Dr. VWercioch states that “there is great uncertainty about the effects of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries in young people with gender dysphoria.”
The doctor argued that other organizations pushing for these treatments “appear to follow a preferred political ideology instead of the highest level of generally accepted medical science.”
“Florida must do more to protect children from politics-based medicine,” Ladapo said.
