Mother in tears as she testifies that Ron DeSantis is ripping her family apart

“I will go to the end of the Earth to get my daughter the help she needs.”

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R)
Photo: Gage Skidmore – Wikimedia Commons

The trial in a case challenging Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors began in federal court this week with moving testimony from the mother of a transgender girl.

According to the Associated Press, the woman, identified as Jane Doe to protect her daughter’s identity, sobbed on the witness stand at the thought of being forced to leave the state, where her husband, a Navy officer, is stationed, if the anti-trans law goes into effect.

“I will go to the end of the Earth to get my daughter the help she needs,” she said. “I think about, will our family get torn apart? Will we have to live somewhere else away from my husband?”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed S.B. 254 into law in May, along with a slate of other anti-LGBTQ+ bills. The law bans minors from accessing gender-affirming healthcare like puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and gender-affirming surgeries (which are almost never performed on people under the age of 18). It also requires transgender adults to…

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