Missouri Judge Temporarily Halts Restrictions on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Individuals.

A Missouri judge has blocked the state attorney general from enforcing a new rule that restricts access to transgender medical treatments for both children and adults, just hours before it was set to take effect. The rule places requirements on both minors and adults before they would be allowed to receive sex-reassignment surgery, cross-sex hormones or puberty blockers. Transgender Missourians and health care providers sued to stop it from being enforced. The judge delayed implementation of the rule until 5 p.m. Monday, saying she anticipates she will issue a ruling before then.