Posted on May 18, 2023
Missouri attorney general withdraws rule limiting trans care for children and adults
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office on Tuesday pulled an emergency rule that would have limited care for transgender children and adults.
A spokesman for the secretary of state, which oversees Missouri’s administrative regulations, confirmed that Bailey’s office eliminated the rule.
Although the rule, which would have expired in February, has been terminated, it’s likely transgender minors will soon be barred from accessing hormones and other treatment. The Republican-controlled state legislature earlier this month passed a bill that prohibits gender-affirming treatment for minors but not adults, and Gov. Mike Parson is expected to sign it.
Bailey said because the legislature acted, the rule was no longer necessary.
“We were standing in the gap unless and until the General Assembly decided to take action on this issue,” Bailey said in a statement. “The General Assembly has now filled that gap with a statute.”
The rule was on hold as lawyers for patients and doctors challenged it on the grounds it would have kept transgender people from receiving the treatment they want.
A spokesman for the secretary of state, which oversees Missouri’s administrative regulations, confirmed that Bailey’s office eliminated the rule.
Although the rule, which would have expired in February, has been terminated, it’s likely transgender minors will soon be barred from accessing hormones and other treatment. The Republican-controlled state legislature earlier this month passed a bill that prohibits gender-affirming treatment for minors but not adults, and Gov. Mike Parson is expected to sign it.
Bailey said because the legislature acted, the rule was no longer necessary.
“We were standing in the gap unless and until the General Assembly decided to take action on this issue,” Bailey said in a statement. “The General Assembly has now filled that gap with a statute.”
The rule was on hold as lawyers for patients and doctors challenged it on the grounds it would have kept transgender people from receiving the treatment they want.
Missouri attorney general withdraws rule limiting trans care for children and adults
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..."Although the rule, which would have expired in February, has been terminated, it’s likely transgender minors will soon be barred from accessing hormones and other treatment. The Republican-controlled state legislature earlier this month passed a bill that prohibits gender-affirming treatment for minors but not adults, and Gov. Mike Parson is expected to sign it.
Bailey said because the legislature acted, the rule was no longer necessary.
“We were standing in the gap unless and until the General Assembly decided to take action on this issue,” Bailey said in a statement. “The General Assembly has now filled that gap with a statute.”
The rule was on hold as lawyers for patients and doctors challenged it on the grounds it would have kept transgender people from receiving the treatment they want.
Bailey submitted the rule to the state last month. It would have prohibited providers from offering surgery, hormone therapy and other treatments to transgender people unless they had resolved all mental health issues, undergone at least 15 hours of therapy and displayed three documented years of gender dysphoria.
Bailey often spoke of the need to protect children from what he refers to as experimental treatment. But after announcing the rules, he said they were designed to “protect all patients” regardless of their age.
Transgender people and health care providers said the rules were so onerous that they would effectively prohibit most people from accessing gender-affirming procedures."...
..."Although the rule, which would have expired in February, has been terminated, it’s likely transgender minors will soon be barred from accessing hormones and other treatment. The Republican-controlled state legislature earlier this month passed a bill that prohibits gender-affirming treatment for minors but not adults, and Gov. Mike Parson is expected to sign it.
Bailey said because the legislature acted, the rule was no longer necessary.
“We were standing in the gap unless and until the General Assembly decided to take action on this issue,” Bailey said in a statement. “The General Assembly has now filled that gap with a statute.”
The rule was on hold as lawyers for patients and doctors challenged it on the grounds it would have kept transgender people from receiving the treatment they want.
Bailey submitted the rule to the state last month. It would have prohibited providers from offering surgery, hormone therapy and other treatments to transgender people unless they had resolved all mental health issues, undergone at least 15 hours of therapy and displayed three documented years of gender dysphoria.
Bailey often spoke of the need to protect children from what he refers to as experimental treatment. But after announcing the rules, he said they were designed to “protect all patients” regardless of their age.
Transgender people and health care providers said the rules were so onerous that they would effectively prohibit most people from accessing gender-affirming procedures."...
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