Florida Sues Biden Administration Over Attempt to Force State to Fund ‘Gender Transition’ Surgeries for Children

Florida’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its effort to force the Sunshine State to fund “gender transition” surgeries for children, which violates state laws. The complaint, filed May 6 with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, claims that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is “threatening the livelihoods” of physicians who “refuse to provide experimental, sterilizing, ‘gender-change’ interventions” for people “suffering from psychological distress,” including minors. HHS “seeks to redefine the practice of medicine,” the lawsuit says. It alleges that in order to do this, HHS is seeking to override Florida’s state laws and regulations, designed to protect the health and safety of its citizens. To pressure states into compliance with their new rule, the complaint says HSS is threatening to withhold federal funds from states or insurers that refuse to allow or fund these interventions....