Missouri to Restrict Gender-Transition Care of Adults and Minors; 1st in US

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has put in place emergency restrictions on “gender-affirming care” for adults in addition to minors, believed to be the first of their kind in the nation, to protect patients from “deceptive” business practices surrounding transgender procedures.
However, transgender-rights activists say Bailey has opened a new front in the war over such procedures in the United States.
“This is a nuclear bomb on trans people in Missouri. Its effects will be felt for years if it goes into effect,” activist Erin Reed wrote on Twitter.
More than 3 million people viewed Reed’s tweet that stated, “Missouri AG just essentially banned gender-affirming care for most trans adults via emergency rule.”…}

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