Missouri AG Orders 'Emergency' Crackdown On 'Gender-Affirming' Care

The basics on this controversial effort that is now earning national headlines along with, of course, culture war debate.

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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey put into effect an emergency regulation that bans gender-affirming care for transgender folks unless they can prove that they have experienced at least three years of body dysmorphia and have undergone at least 18 months of therapy–among other requirements. The regulation will go into effect April 27, 2023 and will expire February 6, 2024.

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