Biden laments Florida for treatment of transgender kids: ‘Close to sinful’
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FLV) – In an interview on The Daily Show with Kal Penn, President Joe Biden commented on recent developments in Florida in respect to transgender children.
Notably, lawmakers are considering banning gender clinical interventions for minors.
New legislation would ban sex reassignment surgeries, or other surgical procedures that alter primary or secondary characteristics, for minors.
“Now, transgender kids is a really harder thing,” he said. “What’s going on in Florida is, as my mother would say, close to sinful. I mean, it’s just terrible what they’re doing.”
“It’s not like a kid wakes up one morning and says, you know – I decided I want to become a man, or I want to become a woman […] What are they thinking about here? They’re human beings. They love, they have feelings…”
The Florida bill’s cosponsors are Rep. Randy Fine, R-Brevard, and Rep. Ralph Massullo, R-Lecanto.
It will also prohibits a person’s biological sex from being changed on their birth certificate.
“The butchering of children will be illegal in Florida, Florida citizens will not be obligated to pay for the sexual mutilation of adults, and those tricked into this evil will have 30 years to sue those who misled them,” said Fine.
The bill will prohibit certain people and entities from expending funds for reimbursement for specified clinical interventions.
Health insurance policies will not be able to provide coverage for gender clinical interventions.
Click here to read the full bill text.
