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Missouri banned gender-affirming health care for minors, and Kansas could follow suit this spring. So families are forced to move to other states or travel hundreds of miles, sometimes with the help of a growing network of groups determined to make the care available.
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It's Election Day in Missouri, and Jackson County is finally voting on the much-discussed stadium sales tax proposal. Plus: Kansas lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Laura Kelly last week to ban gender-affirming health care for minors. Kelly has vetoed similar measures in the past, but this time, the legislature's GOP supermajority might have the power to override any decision she makes.
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Missouri is one of 19 states that has banned gender-affirming care for minors. The state has proven to be ripe for laws limiting transgender rights, which are often engineered by a network of out-of-state conservative advocacy groups.
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Trans journalists Erin Reed and Evan Urquhart say Missouri is embracing, and influencing, the national anti-trans movement.
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Last week saw significant developments in two deeply divisive areas of Missouri law. What will lawmakers do with legislation limiting transgender rights and health care this year, and will voters enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution?
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Doctors could object to providing gender-affirming care to both minors and adults under a proposed Missouri law. Other bills heard Wednesday evening in a House committee include restrictions on care for transgender adults and bathroom and locker-room usage.
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Because of new laws in Missouri, Washington University Transgender Center said it had to stop offering some treatments because of “unacceptable level of liability.” It's part of a strategy by states to strip away access to gender-affirming care.
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Republican Andrew Bailey is seeking a full four-year term this year after being appointed to the position of Missouri attorney general in 2022. Among Bailey's major priorities have been restricting transgender health care rights and challenging the Biden administration's interactions with social media companies.
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It’s been a tumultuous year for trans, nonbinary or gender-questioning kids and adults seeking healthcare in Missouri — and it's not over yet. We'll get you up to speed on the latest confrontation between the Missouri Attorney General and care providers in the state.
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Missouri Attorney General Bailey cited Missouri’s consumer protection law to demand access to all electronic health records from patients at Washington University's Transgender Center. A new lawsuit argues Bailey does not have that legal authority, and that patient records are protected under HIPAA.
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Does gender dysphoria count as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act? The question lies at the center of a federal lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri earlier this month.
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The lawsuit alleges that halting prescriptions for transgender minors unconstitutionally discriminates on the basis of sex and disability status. Mu Health's decision was based on a new Missouri law restricting gender-affirming care, even though the law allows people already receiving treatment to continue.