Fla. Surgeon Gen., Biden’s child trans stand is purely political

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The federal government's medical establishment releasing guidance failing at the most basic level of academic rigor shows that this was never about health care. "It was about injecting political ideology into the health of our children. Children experiencing gender dysphoria should be supported by family and seek counseling, not pushed into an irreversible decision before they reach 18."  Florida’s guidance refutes a recent guidance released by the Biden Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services, which declares such medical procedures “crucial” for the well-being of children who consider themselves transgender. The Biden Administration’s claims are based on dubious studies with “low-quality evidence, small sample sizes, and medium to high risk of bias,” Florida’s statement explains. What’s more, a paper published in the International Review of Psychiatry reveals that 80% of those seeking clinical care will lose their desire to identify with the non-birth sex. Due to the lack of conclusive evidence and the potential for long-term, irreversible effects, the Florida Health Department issued guidelines instructing physicians they should neither provide, nor recommend, gender-altering treatments to children – especially those “which run an unacceptably high risk of doing harm.":

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