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

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey withdrew an emergency rule that would have limited care for transgender children and adults. However, a bill passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature earlier this month prohibits gender-affirming treatment for minors but not adults, and Gov. Mike Parson is expected to sign it. Bailey said because the legislature acted, the rule was no longer necessary. The rule would have prohibited providers from offering surgery, hormone therapy and other treatments to transgender people unless they had resolved all mental health issues, undergone at least 15 hours of therapy and displayed three documented years of gender dysphoria.