Missouri bill would revoke license of doctors who prescribe gender-affirming hormones for...

Senate Bill 843, proposed by Sen. Mike Moon, a Republican from Ash Grove, would outlaw gender-affirming hormone replacement therapy and surgical procedures for minors. A medical practitioner who prescribes or administers these treatments would have their medical license revoked.
Every weekday, pediatricians see patients at Gender Pathway Services of Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City and the Transgender Center of the St. Louis Children’s Hospital. For the young patients, an appointment can mark a turning point in their lives.

Transgender children visit the clinics at the onset of puberty to receive puberty blockers. These reversible medications, also prescribed to young cisgender children who begin puberty before their peers, postpone the onset of sexual maturation as long as patients take them.