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The federal change is designed to prevent discrimination in programs that receive federal money. In a lawsuit, the state claims it interferes with Florida laws "protecting the health and safety of its residents.”

The Transgender American Veterans Association is suing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, two years after the department said it would provide gender-affirming surgery.

At least 22 states have enacted bans on gender-affirming care for children, with most of them approved in the past year.

Even in states where laws protect minors’ access to gender-affirming care, malpractice insurance premiums are keeping small and independent clinics from treating patients.

Some of the health-related cases that will go before the state Supreme Court involve ballot referendums, with issues including abortion and marijuana.

Swedish health officials in 2022 issued guidelines limiting the use of puberty blockers, hormones and mastectomies for minors to "exceptional cases." These are recommendations, not law.

U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle said he would try to deliver an opinion “as quick as I can” on law and rules prohibiting the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy to treat children for gender dysphoria.

Testimony from a St. Johns County mother began the multiday trial by testifying that it would be “devastating” if her child could not get gender-affirming treatment.

The Biden administration urged an appeals court to uphold a ruling that Florida violated federal law by blocking coverage for people seeking hormone therapy and puberty blockers.

The governors square off in a first-of-its-kind debate Thursday. Let's compare the political rivals’ health care positions, showing how their policies helped — or hinder— the health of their states’ residents.