""Behind closed doors, they knew the evidence was weak," Uthmeier said in a video announcing the suit. "They knew the outcomes were uncertain and the risks very real. Parents were not told the full story. In fact, some parents were told that if they didn't put their kids through permanent, life-altering, sick procedures like double mastectomies and castration, that their child would commit suicide.""
"The 75-page complaint filed in St. Lucie County, Florida alleges that the defendants' claims about gender-affirming care for youth "are false and misleading," and invokes the Florida RICO Act to assert the medical groups have engaged in "racketeering" (an ongoing criminal enterprise to make money, often involving organized crime, threats, and violence). The suit asks the court to declare the organizations' promotion of gender-affirming care an unfair trade practice, levy large fines on the defendants, and bar them from advertising "the safety, reversibility, or efficacy or pediatric sex interventions.""
"Despite his rhetoric, such irreversible, bodily, and genital surgeries are rarely ever conducted on minors."
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a lawsuit accusing three major medical organizations of intentionally misleading parents about gender-affirming care for children. The complaint alleges false and misleading claims, invokes the Florida RICO Act, and seeks to declare promotion of pediatric gender interventions an unfair trade practice, impose fines, and bar certain advertising. Uthmeier asserts that the groups knew evidence was weak, outcomes uncertain, and risks real, and that some parents were told extreme consequences such as suicide if interventions were not pursued. The complaint also notes that irreversible genital surgeries on minors are rare.
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