Missouri faces lawsuit over ban on child sex change procedures.
Missouri Faces Lawsuit Over Ban on Sex Change Procedures for Children
Missouri has become the latest Republican-led state to face legal challenges over its law that prohibits sex change procedures from being performed on children. The law, which aims to protect children from transgender procedures, has been met with opposition from left-wing legal groups, including the ACLU of Missouri and Lambda Legal.
“On its face, the law enshrines discriminatory practices in our health care system by specifically denying transgender Missourians under the age of eighteen access to evidence-based gender-affirming medical care while stripping parents of their fundamental right to make medical decisions for their children,” Deputy Director of Litigation for the ACLU of Missouri Gillian Wilcox said in a statement.
The lawsuit argues that Missouri’s law is discriminatory as it prohibits procedures such as double mastectomies for girls who identify as boys and the administration of cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers to children.
Governor Mike Parson, who signed the law known as the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, stands by the legislation, stating that it aims to protect Missouri children from irreversible treatments and procedures. The law also prohibits the state’s Medicaid program from covering transgender treatments for adults.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has expressed his intention to defend the law, emphasizing the lack of FDA approvals for puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones in treating gender dysphoria in children. He vows not to allow left-wing ideologues to experiment on children in Missouri.
Challenges to Transgender Procedure Laws
Over 20 states have passed laws similar to Missouri’s, seeking to protect children from transgender procedures. However, left-wing groups have challenged these laws on constitutional grounds, arguing that they violate the 14th Amendment.
While some states’ laws have been temporarily put on hold, others have withstood court challenges. In Tennessee, for example, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled against a preliminary injunction, allowing the state’s law to take full effect.
Missouri’s law is scheduled to go into effect on August 28.
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