Citing 'bigotry' and 'irreparable harm', judge strikes down Florida transgender care ban

A Florida judge blocked enforcement of the state's ban on transgender affirming care on Tuesday, calling the rule "an exercise in politics, not in good medicine." U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle granted a preliminary injunction against Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, the Florida Board of Medicine, the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine and other state leaders, and will allow parents to access medical care for their transgender children as the ban's constitutionality is debated in court. "The plaintiffs’ adolescent children will suffer irreparable harm — the unwanted and irreversible onset...