GOP-led Florida House panel approves subpoenas to groups supporting gender-affirming care

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Source: Politico

GOP-led Florida House panel approves subpoenas to groups supporting gender-affirming care

The House approved subpoenas demanding records from the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Florida Psychiatric Society.

By AREK SARKISSIAN
04/24/2023 06:21 PM EDT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A GOP-led Florida House panel authorized subpoenas seeking records from two medical organizations that support gender-affirming treatment for minors, the latest move in an ongoing legal and political fight over transgender care in Florida.

The House Committee on Health & Human Services on Monday approved subpoenas demanding records from the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Florida Psychiatric Society — two organizations that are party to a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn state regulations that ban Medicaid from covering ban gender-affirming care for minors.

The records being sought include how the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Florida Psychiatric Society concluded that surgeries and hormone therapies are safe treatments for gender dysphoria, or the feelings of discomfort or distress some transgender people experience when their bodies don’t align with their gender.

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association support gender-affirming care for adults and adolescents. Medical experts also have said gender-affirming care for children rarely, if ever, includes surgery. Instead, doctors are more likely to recommend counseling, social transitioning and hormone replacement therapy.

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