Missouri AG restricts gender-affirming care for minors.

Missouri's Republican attorney general plans to file an emergency rule limiting access to gender-affirming care for minors, requiring an 18-month waiting period, 15 hour-long therapy sessions, and treatment of any mental illnesses before doctors can provide that kind of care to transgender children. The rule also requires disclosure of information about puberty-blocker drugs, including that they are experimental and not approved by the FDA. The move comes as the GOP-led state senate struggles to pass a law banning the practice for children completely, amid a national push to restrict transgender healthcare and LGBTQ+ rights.