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It would include puberty blockers, hormones and sex-assignment surgeries for both youth and adults.

AHCA, which runs most of the Medicaid program, published a proposed rule and set a July 8 hearing on the issue. National and state legal and LGBTQ-advocacy groups have vowed to fight the proposal.

Groups criticized a report that the Agency for Health Care Administration is using as a basis for the expected effort to deny Medicaid coverage for the treatments.

AHCA will start a rule-making process related to treatments for gender dysphoria, saying they are “not consistent with generally accepted professional medical standards and are experimental.”

Rights groups are afraid that reversing Roe v. Wade could have consequences for same-sex marriage, access to contraception, and transgender rights. And now they're mobilizing.

Pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Michael Haller says treatments that new Florida guidelines warn against would occur only after considerable and detailed evaluations with patients and families.

Elliot Long says that he and his family have thought about leaving Florida, but realized that staying and “fighting the good fight” would be more impactful.

Democratic lawmakers say the dissolution of the Reedy Creek Improvement District will be increased taxes for residents of Orange and Osceola Counties.

Studies show that trans affirming care can reduce suicide rates by 73% in transgender youth.

Florida lawmakers have cleared the way to punish the Walt Disney Corporation for its opposition to a new state law that limits school instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation. The proposals strip Disney of its ability to collect taxes and issue bonds, and eliminate a social media carveout for theme parks.

The state news release said “current evidence does not support the use of puberty blockers, hormone treatments or surgical procedures for children and adolescents.”

Gov. Ron DeSantis, the State Board of Education, the state Department of Education and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran are named as defendants, along with the school boards in Manatee, Sarasota, Miami-Dade, St. Johns and Jackson counties.