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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continued his campaign for re-election on Wednesday, focusing on cultural and war issues. DeSantis has doubled down on his controversial stance on gender-affirming care for minors; he decried the teaching of so-called gender theory in public schools.
A topic that has earned him accusations of transphobia and bigotry by many LGBTQ Americans and their allies DeSantis has celebrated his state's commitment to take doctors' medical licenses if they performed gender-firming surgeries on minors as well.
The issue has become a hot topic among Republican politicians, who believe it can help them win votes among parents wary of social change. This sentence is currently leading his Democratic challenger Charlie Crist by double digits.
DeSantis mentioned in his speech that:
The question is, in a state like Florida, if a 15-year-old can't get a tattoo, is it really appropriate that they could have their body parts taken off?
No, all right. So we saw that happening and we said that's wrong, so we worked with our Surgeon General and others to provide the medical evidence showing that this is not justifiable, brought it in front of Florida's Board of Medicine, and now because they've acted, if physicians are performing sex change operations on minors, they are going to lose their medical license.
Way to go, Gov DeSantis God bless you. Save our children!
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