Medical boards appointed by governors in some red states may be opening a new front in the ongoing political battle over government restrictions on gender-affirming care.
Over two-thirds of LGBTQ youth say debates over state laws that target transgender people have negatively impacted their mental health, according to alast week
One board member, Patrick Hunter, said that research on this type of care "is very conflicted, very low-quality," and suggested that more studies be done on its efficacy. Tiffany Di Pietro, member of Florida's Board of Osteopathic Medicine, said that trans children should see different health specialists to better determine what health care they should receive.align with their agendas to gain "bureaucratic control of various government agencies," said Joshua Scacco, associate professor of political communication at the University of South Florida.that he opposes gender-affirming care for minors.
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