A new Florida law restricting health care for transgender people can still be applied to adults while it is being challenged in court, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Judge Robert Hinkle, who previously blocked the law’s enforcement on behalf of minors, ruled that adults seeking to expand his injunction haven’t proven they would be irreparably harmed until the case is resolved.
The law signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in May bans any transgender treatment for minors and requires transgender adults give consent to treatment in person and with a physician present. Advocates say that is a problem because much of the care is prescribed by nurse practitioners and/or through telehealth – and that it’s too hard for many patients to get or get to in-person appointments with physicians.
14th Amendment
When you make arights law for less than 1% of the population, you are automatically unconstitutional per the 14th. Constitutional lawyers have a term for this, bur I forget what it is.
There are plenty of laws relating to health care that affect less than 1% of the population, for example restrictions on access to opiates.
How many of those ban health care? The only health care ban I can think of is abortion for women, but, that’s way more than 1% of the population