The ACLU and LGBTQ groups are suing Missouri to block a rule that would require patients to go to therapy before receiving gender transition services.
plans to enforce new rules requiring 15 separate therapy sessions over the course of 18 months before a person of any age can receive gender transition treatments, whether it be surgery or hormone suppression. The Missouri ACLU and Lambda Legal, an LGBTQ activist group, argue in a lawsuit that the new requirement is"unprecedented and extreme."
MISSOURI AG ISSUES EMERGENCY REGULATION, TIP LINE TO REPORT TRANSGENDER PROCEDURES ON MINORS: 'CHILD ABUSE' The ACLU and LGBT groups are suing to block new rules that prevent adults and minors from receiving gender transition services without prior therapy sessions.Bailey has cited the FDA in arguing that gender transition surgeries, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones can cause"long-term health consequences" like blindness, brain swelling, and loss of bone density.
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