Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, said it was necessary to put up “substantial guardrails” around such medical treatments because they were considered “experimental.”
The Missouri attorney general, citing a consumer protection law normally used to prosecute fraudulent business practices, issued a new state directive Thursday that would severely restrict gender-transitioning treatment for both adults and minors in the state.
The rule will go into effect April 27 and expire in February. Transgender rights advocates said it would make Missouri the first state in the country to restrict gender-transitioning care for all ages. The group added, “It should be clear to anyone paying attention that the real threat to Missourians is the attorney general himself.”
In Missouri, the attorney general’s order came on the same day that the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill restricting care for transgender youth.
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