Missouri AG withdraws limits on transgender health care for minors and adults.

Missouri officials have terminated an emergency rule proposed by the Republican attorney general that would have placed limits on transgender care for minors and some adults. The rule would have required adults and children to undergo more than a year of therapy and fulfill other requirements before they could receive gender-affirming treatments such as puberty blockers, hormones, and surgery. The move was announced without explanation on the Missouri Secretary of State’s website. The ACLU of Missouri had filed a lawsuit to stop the rule, arguing that Bailey bypassed the Legislature and did not have the authority to regulate health care through Missouri’s consumer-protection law.