Tue Jul 26, 2022 – 2:44 pm EDTTue Jul 26, 2022 – 2:54 pm EDT
TAMPA BAY, Florida (LifeSiteNews) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis condemned “gender-affirming care” for children, calling it a euphemism for castration and sterilization.
During a July 22 Fox News interview with Laura Ingraham, DeSantis responded to Biden HHS Assistant Secretary Richard “Rachel” Levine‘s recent claim that so-called “gender-affirming care” is “medically necessary.”
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“Gender affirming care is medically necessary, safe and effective for transgender and non-binary children and adolescents,” Levine, a gender-confused man, tweeted.
“And understand what that is, that’s a euphemism,” DeSantis responded. “They will actually take a young boy and castrate the boy. They will take a young girl and do a mastectomy, or they will sterilize her because of the gender dysphoria. There is no evidence that this is something that’s effective medical care.“
“And we know that people that do this when they’re kids have huge problems going on,” he added. “So, we believe that this is not appropriate in the state of Florida. We don’t think a doctor should get a license if they’re doing it.”
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