Transgender Adults Stripped of Transition Care in Florida

Florida governor Ron DeSantis recently signed a bill into law that, at least for now, strips transgender adults of their right to access gender transition care, including all hormones, gender transition appointments, and surgical operations. The law only allows adults to maintain their transition care if they fill out an informed consent form that the state has yet to publish or give any intimation of when it will be released. The law also allows any care provider to turn away LGBTQ patients for any reason without recourse.

According to Brooke Migdon, “The legislation substantially reduces the number of providers able to administer care by allowing only physicians to provide gender-affirming services, meaning other health care professionals — including physician assistants, nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives — are unable to provide care that is considered medically necessary by most major medical organizations. Gender-affirming health care for adults, according to the new law, may only be administered once an informed consent form is signed, but the state medical boards tasked with drafting the forms have not yet done so, forcing health care providers across the state into a difficult position.”

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(Source: The Hill, May 19^th, 2023)