Posted on Apr 21, 2023
Missouri Attorney General's restrictions on gender-affirming care will halt access for adults too...
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Republicans have claimed that restrictions on services like hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries are needed to protect children. But health providers say the attorney general's emergency rules are so onerous that the result will be everyone losing access.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said Thursday that his emergency rules restricting transgender-related health care will affect adults.
There had been questions about whom the rules cover, but in an interview with St. Louis Public Radio, Bailey said they affect children and adults. Some providers of treatment like hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery contend the regulations are so onerous that they'll result in gender-affirming care being shut off for everyone.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said Thursday that his emergency rules restricting transgender-related health care will affect adults.
There had been questions about whom the rules cover, but in an interview with St. Louis Public Radio, Bailey said they affect children and adults. Some providers of treatment like hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery contend the regulations are so onerous that they'll result in gender-affirming care being shut off for everyone.
Missouri Attorney General's restrictions on gender-affirming care will halt access for adults too...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Bailey disagrees with Ashcroft criticism
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft posted Bailey’s rules online this week as required by state law, which a spokesperson said meant they will go into effect next week.
But Ashcroft is not in favor of restricting gender-affirming care for adults.
“If you’re an adult and you want to spend your own money, I disagree with you,” Ashcroft said on a recent edition of the Politically Speaking podcast. “But it’s not my place to tell you that you can’t. I don’t think people should do it. But there’s a difference between what I think and where I think the government should be involved.”
Bailey disagreed with Ashcroft’s position.
“I am standing up to make sure that patients have the information they need to make informed health care decisions,” Bailey said. “I'm not sure that the secretary of state fully understood the rule when he offered that opinion.”
..."Bailey disagrees with Ashcroft criticism
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft posted Bailey’s rules online this week as required by state law, which a spokesperson said meant they will go into effect next week.
But Ashcroft is not in favor of restricting gender-affirming care for adults.
“If you’re an adult and you want to spend your own money, I disagree with you,” Ashcroft said on a recent edition of the Politically Speaking podcast. “But it’s not my place to tell you that you can’t. I don’t think people should do it. But there’s a difference between what I think and where I think the government should be involved.”
Bailey disagreed with Ashcroft’s position.
“I am standing up to make sure that patients have the information they need to make informed health care decisions,” Bailey said. “I'm not sure that the secretary of state fully understood the rule when he offered that opinion.”
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