Missouri Judge Blocks Restrictions on Transgender Care.

A Missouri judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking a rule that would require 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 rule was set to take effect last Thursday, but the judge's order will remain in place until May 15 unless she extends it. The lawsuit challenging the rule argues that it is discriminatory and that the attorney general exceeded his authority by attempting to regulate gender-affirming health care through Missouri's consumer-protection law.