Florida judge strikes down restrictions on transgender medical care as unconstitutional

A federal judge has ruled that Florida’s ban on gender-transition surgeries and medications for children violates the U.S. Constitution. “Florida has adopted a statute and rules that ban gender-affirming care for minors even when medically appropriate,” U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle wrote in his decision. “The ban is unconstitutional.” In his decision striking down Flordia’s legislation, Hinkley interpreted the legislation, and Desantis, as anti-transgender. “Transgender opponents are of course free to hold their beliefs. But they are not free to discriminate against transgender individuals just for being transgender,” the judge...