Missouri Gov. Signs Bills Banning Trans Surgeries for Children and Protecting Women’s SportsMadeline Leesman
June 08, 2023
Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed bills into law this week limiting access to experimental, irreversible transgender surgeries and other types of care as well as protecting women’s sports from male-bodied “transgender” athletes.
Beginning Aug. 28, health care providers in the state will not be able to prescribe hormones or puberty blockers for “transgender” children. Medicaid will not cover this care for adults, and prisoners who wish to undergo transgender care must pay for it out-of-pocket, Parson’s spokesperson Kelli Jones told the Associated Press.
On Twitter, Parson said he signed the legislation “to protect the integrity of female sports and Missouri children from potentially harmful experimental surgeries and treatment.”
“We support everyone’s right to his or her own pursuit of happiness,” he added. “However, we must protect children from making life-altering decisions that they could come to regret in adulthood once they have physically and emotionally matured.”
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Source:
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2023/06/08/missouri-trans-laws-n2624196
