The new law that bans gender-affirming care for minors also mandates that adult patients seeking trans health care sign an informed consent form. It also requires a physician to oversee any health care related to transitioning, and for people to see that doctor in person. Those rules have proven particularly onerous because many people received care from nurse practitioners and used telehealth. The law also made it a crime to violate the new requirements.
Another new law that allows doctors and pharmacists to refuse to treat transgender people further limits their options.
First and foremost: My heart goes out to those affected. Everyone should start looking up the various charities and orgs dedicated to getting people in red states the health care and basic human rights they need.
But… anyone who was “blind sided” by this just haven’t been paying attention. And more of this is coming to the country. Anyone who is “moderate” or “apolitical” at this point are, at best, idiots. Educate yourself, prepare yourself, and do anything you can to fight it.
Yeah I thought this was old news. I’m a licensed medical professional in Florida and I received an email from the department of health about these changes 3 or 4 months ago. The one about refusing care on moral grounds is newer, about a month or two old. This has been a thing for a good while now
I don’t think any trans people in florida are being blindsided by this (and certainly not now). People with no insight on the topic or very naive people could be blindsided
Can you refuse republicans based on the Bible saying their actions are against Christ? Honest question.
No
At best you get “Well, that is just your interpretation of scripture. We are an imperfect people and can only do our best to understand God’s love”. Most likely you get “the bible doesn’t say that” or some variation of “The devil will use His word against the faithful” and the like
Because they aren’t logical and they don’t actually care what the bible says. They care what their preacher says. Whether that is Father Glenn ranting in the newspaper every week (because even his flock avoid church so as to not tempt him with little boy flesh) or Bill on Facebook. And that is it.
Sure, you could point out their hypocrisy using the bible. It won’t make them reconsider their position, but you can do it. I dont see what that has to do with trans healthcare though
This has been the case for a long time. Being apolitical has always been a tacit endorsement of the status quo; a conservative position by default. Self-described moderates are usually classic enlightened centrists: total morons that have convinced themselves that—regardless of where you place the boundaries—the middle path is the smart one. Shockingly, this group of people doesn’t respond well to being accurately described.