evidence: It is hard for transgender minors to get gender-affirming surgical care in Sweden. But much of that stems from a 1970s law that is unrelated to DeSantis’ point. [...] The gender-affirming surgery DeSantis cited is rarely performed on minors, said Marci Bowers, a gynecological surgeon and president of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Surgeries on minors happen "only under the most severe conditions of gender dysphoria," she said. Gender dysphoria is the experience of distress that results when people’s sex assigned at birth does not match their gender identity. [...] Speaking about gender-affirming surgical care for minors, DeSantis said Sweden "shut it down."