DeSantis Says Doctors Should Be Sued for Sex-Change Surgeries

Laurel Duggan •   August 4, 2022

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called Wednesday for medical professionals who perform sex-change surgeries on children to be sued.

Doctors are performing double mastectomies on young girls and castrating boys despite the fact that most cases of gender dysphoria are resolved on their own when children grow up, DeSantis, a Republican, said in a speech. His administration has discouraged child sex changes in official guidance, while the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging these medical interventions.

DeSantis Says Doctors Should Be Sued for Sex-Change Surgeries

“[They] talk about these young kids getting ‘gender-affirming care.’ They don’t tell you what that is,” DeSantis said. “They’re actually giving very young girls double mastectomies; they want to castrate these young boys. That’s wrong.”

Governor DeSantis Expands Successful Substance Abuse Recovery Model https://t.co/GC0ZPvvr0c

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) August 3, 2022

“You don’t disfigure 10-, 12-, 13-year-old kids based on gender dysphoria. Eighty percent of it resolves anyways by the time they get older,” DeSantis added. “I think these doctors need to get sued for what’s happening.”

Today, the Florida Department of Health released guidance pushing back on @HHSGov unscientific shift in the treatment of gender dysphoria for children and adolescents.

The press release is available here: https://t.co/JsE4HcYOUDpic.twitter.com/vmWQhBsaai

— Florida Dept. of Health (@HealthyFla) April 20, 2022

The DeSantis administration has pushed back against recommendations from the Biden administration endorsing “gender affirming" care for children, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries. The Florida Department of Health advises against social and medical transitions for children experiencing gender dysphoria.

DeSantis recognized Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, who has helped lead the charge in Florida against childhood sex changes

Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities for this original content, email licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.

Have an opinion about this article? To sound off, please email letters@DailySignal.com, and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. 

Oneil The Woketopus book cover

Read the first chapter of The Woketopus right now for FREE

Today, even with President Trump’s victory, leftist elites have their tentacles in every aspect of our government.

The Daily Signal’s own Tyler O’Neil exposes this leftist cabal in his new book, The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government.

In this book, O’Neil reveals how the Left’s NGO apparatus pursues its woke agenda, maneuvering like an octopus by circumventing Congress and entrenching its interests in the federal government.
You can read the first chapter of this new book for FREE in this eBook, The Woketopus: Chapter One using the secure link below.

Laurel Duggan | Author
Laurel Duggan is a social issues and culture reporter for The Daily Caller News Foundation.
You can send tips to LaurelDuggan@notthehf.org and follow him on X laureldugg
Daily Signal

The Daily Signal depends on the support of readers like you.

DONATE NOW

RELATED ARTICLES