Missouri judge blocks anti-transgender healthcare restrictions.

A judge in St. Louis County has blocked an emergency rule by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey that would have created broad restrictions on transgender health care for Missourians of all ages. The rule, which uses a state consumer protection law to restrict and delay treatments such as hormone therapy, puberty blockers and surgeries, was set to go into effect on Monday. The judge's temporary restraining order will remain in place until at least May 15. The plaintiffs in the suit include the families of two transgender teens, a 36-year-old trans man who has been on testosterone for 10 years, a therapist who treats transgender patients and the Southampton Community Healthcare clinic that provides gender-affirming care in south St. Louis.