Show-Me Gender-Affirming Care For Inmates Cancelled By Guv Kehoe

One more aftermath report that didn't get as much attention this week . . .

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe, a Republican, signed a new law last week prohibiting state funds from covering transition-related treatments for transgender inmates.

The law, which took effect July 2, is primarily an appropriations bill funding the Missouri Department of Corrections . . . It allocates money for DOC programs, training, mental health services, food storage, and overtime pay — among other expenses — but also contains a one-sentence provision barring the use of state funds for gender-affirming care for transgender inmates.

“No funds shall be expended for any cross-sex hormones, or gender transition surgery undertaken for the purpose of any gender transition,” the provision states.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Metro Weekly: Missouri Ends Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Inmates