• “We have a responsibility to all of the children of Florida not to allow this to happen in our state,” state Sen. Clay Yarborough (R-Jacksonville) the bill’s sponsor, told the Senate.
• “A decision of this magnitude absolutely cannot be made by a child in mental distress. This bill will allow children to be children.”
• “This bill is even more important to the children that are led down the path and told that the only option for curing mental health issues is gender affirming treatments and surgeries, which causes permanent disfigurement, and may eliminate the ability to have children by subjecting their bodies to devastating long term damage,” he added.

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