Directive sidesteps Republican-controlled state legislature, which wasn’t able to pass similar legislation before recess
Missouri’s Republican attorney general on Monday said he will limit access to gender-affirming care for minors, sidestepping the GOP-led state senate as it struggles to pass a law banning the practice for children completely.
Although puberty blockers and hormones often prescribed in transgender treatment are not FDA-approved for transgender care, they are used in those cases off label, which is an accepted and permitted practice. Maysa Akbar, chief diversity officer for the American Psychological Association, called the rule “a disturbing development for transgender and gender-nonconforming youth in Missouri”.
Missouri LGBTQ+-rights group Promo called Bailey’s rule an abuse of power and said his office “does not respect the professional guidelines of every major medical association in our country, who agrees gender-affirming healthcare is the standard of care for transgender Missourians”. Florida state medical officials last year banned transgender children from receiving hormones or undergoing surgeries to treat gender dysphoria at the urging of the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, who is widely considered to be weighing a run for the Republican presidential nomination.
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