Florida’s ban on gender-affirming medical treatment for youth is unconstitutional, a group of parents and transgender children alleged in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday.
The ban violates the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause because it singles out transgender minors and blocks them from obtaining medically necessary care for gender dysphoria, according to the lawsuit, which was filed against state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and the Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine.
The restrictions also violate parents’ rights under the 14th Amendment to make medical decisions for their children, the 26-page lawsuit alleges.
