“Discussing gender-affirming surgical care for minors, said that Sweden “shut it down.”
What PolitiFact found
Sweden’s restrictions on genital surgeries for minors trace to a 1970s sterilization law. Swedish health officials in 2022 issued guidelines limiting the use mastectomies for minors to "exceptional cases."
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In short
Ron DeSantis (Florida Governor) made this claim around 6 December 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 December 2023, 13 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Ron DeSantis has 64 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 38 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/1PpIwZNlBAE?feature=shared&t=3951
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