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Republican attorneys general and major medical organizations are trying to convince a federal appeals court as it considers Florida restrictions on treatments for transgender people.
Rory Richards, from Alachua County, has said state laws mean he is now unable to be prescribed gender-affirming care and has decided to move from Florida to Colorado
His lawyers and death penalty foes said he suffered from intellectual disabilities and carried a deep sense of remorse.
In June, a judge said the Medicaid ban on treatments for gender dysphoria was invalid to the extent that it was a categorical ban.
In June a federal judge said the state’s Medicaid ban was “invalid” to the extent that it categorically banned Medicaid payment for treatments of gender dysphoria.