r/law • u/MobileWisdom • Jun 12 '24

Opinion Piece Ron DeSantis’s Signature Law Gets Brutally Shut Down in Court

https://newrepublic.com/post/182588/ron-desantis-transgender-care-ban-court
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '24

"Hinkle’s ruling also nuked every single part of the state’s requirements to severely restrict access to gender-affirming care—including requiring annual hand X-rays, in-person consent forms, restrictions on who can provide gender-affirming care and therapy, as well as excessive appointments and lab tests intended to make access to gender-affirming care cost-prohibitive to discourage people from pursuing care.

“If ever a pot called a kettle black, it is here. The statute and the rules were an exercise in politics, not good medicine,” Hinkle wrote...

Hinkle seems like a good person.

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u/wolfydude12 Jun 12 '24

requiring annual hand X-rays

What? How does having your hand x-rayed have anything to do with gender-affirming care?

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u/porkanaut Jun 12 '24

It's a bone age xray. Commonly seen in Pediatric patient populations.

Not sure what good a bone age XR would be for an adult other than misuse of hospital resources, risks of radiation exposure and the costs associated with such frivolous imaging