Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis clapped back at a reporter asking about his state prohibiting sex reassignment surgeries for minors.
The Florida Board of Medicine voted in October to ban puberty blockers and sex reassignment surgeries for children under the age of 18 after hearing testimony from detransitioners such as Chloe Cole. A reporter asked the governor if American voters want a ban on these procedures for their children.
“How many of these people were paid to come, I mean honestly, it’s like, seriously,” DeSantis said. “Some of this stuff is just totally manufactured, and when you talk to people — and I know people in your industry will dress it up with a euphemism and they’ll say it’s ‘healthcare’ to cut off the private parts of a 14- or 15-year-old, that is not healthcare. That is mutilation. So when we are standing up against that, we’re protecting these kids.”
The Florida governor pointed to detransitioners who underwent these procedures as minors and say they now regret their decision after no longer identifying as transgender. Decades of research show that anywhere from 65 to 94% of transgender kids have grown out of identifying as trans by the time they reach adulthood, according to KFF Health News.
“We had Chloe Cole, we had other people who went through this when they were minors, now they’re older and it’s the biggest regret of their life,” DeSantis continued.
“They feel like that they were manipulated, I understand there are some physicians who are very ideological about it, but the fact is, people go through a lot when they’re teenagers. You grow out of it most of the time in these situations. Eighty, 90% resolves by the time you get there.”
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