This legislation looks like it might be some of the most strict in the nation.
And it is VERY likely to pass.
Check the basics . . .
The bill, which now heads to the GOP-led House for consideration, would prohibit doctors from providing puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries to minors for the next four years. Minors already receiving treatment and intersex youths would be exempt from the ban.
The bill also would ban the federal low-income health care program Medicaid from paying for gender-affirming treatments for adults and prohibit gender-affirming surgeries for Missouri prisoners and inmates.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Missouri Senate OKs limits on transgender treatments, sports
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri youths no longer could receive gender-affirming treatments under a bill passed Thursday by the state Senate. The bill, which now heads to the GOP-led House for consideration, would prohibit doctors from providing puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries to minors for the next four years.
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