Missouri Attorney General

The emergency regulations will require healthcare providers to tell patients about what Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey claims are health risks of gender affirming care — even though the treatments have been endorsed by dozens of leading U.S. medical groups. The rules will also prohibit providers from administering care to children with untreated mental health problems.

Lawyers for St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner have asked a judge to throw out an effort by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to forcefully oust her from office, arguing that he has not met the high standard for removal under state law.

The Missouri Attorney General’s office and state health offices are investigating allegations of misconduct at the Washington University Transgender Center. Former patients say that treatments were only undertaken after long consultations with doctors and mental health professionals.

On Tuesday, the justices will hear expedited arguments in a challenge to the Biden plan brought by six states — Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas and South Carolina.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is seeking to force out Kim Gardner from her post as St. Louis Circuit Attorney. Experts believe the outcome could have major implications for legal precedent and public policy.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said Wednesday that he would file paperwork to start the process of removing St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from office if she did not resign by noon Thursday She did not resign and and called Bailey’s action politically motivated.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey says if St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner does not step down by noon on Thursday, he will use a provision of state law to try to force her from office.

Missouri’s brief falsely claims that medication abortions, which have been used for more than two decades and only rarely result in complications, “are much riskier than surgical abortions." Reproductive health experts have said the lawsuit is based on flawed evidence, selected studies and anecdotes.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey says "all legal options are on the table" to punish Columbia Public Schools for a drag show that around 30 students also attended. The school district and the drag performance group Nclusion Plus have repeatedly rebutted the Attorney General's claims, explaining that the show was "G-rated" and not sexual in nature.

A judge ruled that the Missouri Attorney General’s office “knowingly and purposefully” violated the state’s open records law while it was being run by now-U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley. The motivation for breaking the law, the judge concluded, was concern that releasing the records could harm Hawley’s campaign.

A law passed last year made sleeping on state-owned land a misdemeanor in Missouri. It went into effect Jan. 1, but critics say there is still a lack of clarity from the state surrounding its implementation — and a lack of resources to actually help unhoused residents.

Former Attorney General Eric Schmitt sued the federal government last year claiming it was colluding with social media companies to suppress misinformation. The lawsuit has become a cause célèbre for some of the country’s most prolific anti-vaccine activists, and now Andrew Bailey is picking up the fight.