Missouri moves to restrict gender-affirming care for minors.

Missouri's Republican Attorney General, Andrew Bailey, plans to file an emergency rule that will limit access to gender-affirming care for minors. The rule will require an 18-month waiting period, 15 hour-long therapy sessions, and treatment of any mental illnesses before Missouri doctors can provide that kind of care to transgender children. The emergency rule also requires disclosure of information about puberty blocker drugs. Bailey's move comes as the GOP-led Senate struggles to pass a law banning the practice for children completely. The issue threatens to derail the Senate, with several Republican senators speaking against another Republican lawmaker's attempt to combine the bill with a ban on transgender girls competing on school girls' sports teams.