A federal appeals court cleared the way for Florida to enforce a ban on transgender treatments and surgeries for those under the age of 18, reversing a lower court’s ruling.
The law prohibiting minors from getting transgender procedures, such as double mastectomies or the use of cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers, was passed in May 2023, but a federal district court struck down the law in June, ruling it unconstitutional. On Monday, a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit issued a stay of the ruling pending an appeal in a 2-1 decision.
The majority ruling from the appellate court found that “the defendants have made a strong showing that they are likely to succeed on the merits” and said
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