Gov. Ron DeSantis tells Laura Ingraham that if he had his druthers, you take him and you'd chuck him across the Potomic.The world's bestselling medical textbook removed the definition offrom its website after the Florida Department of Health cited it in recent guidance advising against gender transitions for children and adolescents, according to an email obtained by Fox News Digital.
The email from Melissa Adams, who is Merck Manuals' director of marketing and brand awareness, also asked the Florida Department of Health to adjust their guidance based on the update in the manual, which was first published in 1899 and remains the oldest continuously published medical textbook in English.
"We were in the process of updating our online chapter on that subject so I wanted to make sure you had the latest information," wrote Adams, who did not respond to multiple requests for comment. "Some of the verbiage you reference in quotes has now been omitted as a result of the update which went live on our site at the end of April," Adams added.The email went on to request that Florida remove its language following their update. Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo responded by tweeting a screenshot of Adams' email and alleging that Merck's move was"political activism disguised as medical advancement.
"Medicine cannot be a weapon used to divide communities, and Florida’s guidance will not change due to political pressure," Ladapo added.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
Crazy that's a non issue
Hmm I wonder if a trans women could sue an obgyn bc the ultra sound probe is gender specific?
GOPethics = be cruel to and make a huge fuss about a few vulnerable people because your actual policy ideas are extremist and deeply unpopular
Our obsession with kids and sex is paying dividends!
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