Florida seeks to expand gender-affirming care ban; could criminalize pharmacists

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

Florida seeks to expand gender-affirming care ban; could criminalize pharmacists and counselors

advocate.com/politics/states/florida-gender-affirming-care-ban

Trudy Ring (23 Jan 2026)

Florida legislators have introduced bills that would expand the state's ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth, including felony charges for any health care provider who "aids or abets" such procedures.

LGBTQ+ activists and parents warn that this provision is dangerously vague and would penalize counselors who discuss gender issues with young people or pharmacists who fill prescriptions — something that sponsors of the bills have confirmed, to a degree.

House Bill 743 and Senate Bill 1010 would also authorize the attorney general to investigate and sue health care professionals who violate the law restricting gender-affirming care. Both were voted out of committee this week.

The law, enacted in 2023, already provided for felony charges against doctors who offer gender-affirming procedures to trans minors.

[Lori Dee ✅]

It would also allow them to subpoena medical records and bills as part of an "investigation." Innocent people would get caught up in this, and the information would be available for whatever witch hunt comes next.