Florida Looks to Eleventh Circuit to Revive Trans Care Limits

Florida is moving to undo two federal court decisions in which a judge held that state laws limiting gender-affirming care violate constitutional equal protection principles.

The state told Judge Robert L. Hinkle Monday that it’s appealing a June 21 decision striking its Medicaid coverage exclusion for transgender care and a June 6 decision that preliminarily blocked the state from enforcing a policy that prohibits transgender minors from receiving—and doctors from providing—puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.

The cases will now go to the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which has a reputation for conservative decisions. The appeals court ...