Missouri lawmakers pass bill banning transgender care and athletics.

Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill that bans transition care for transgender youth, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries. The bill allows young people already receiving hormone treatments and puberty blockers to continue doing so, and the portion of the bill restricting hormone treatment and puberty blockers would expire in 2027. The measure would also ban transition surgeries for adult prisoners. The bill comes amid a national push by conservatives to limit access to medical care for transgender children, and at least 13 states have enacted laws or policies aimed at banning or severely limiting those treatments.