{"id":298518,"date":"2023-09-15T08:45:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T13:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=298518"},"modified":"2023-09-15T11:43:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T16:43:04","slug":"missouri-law-minors-transgender-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/missouri-law-minors-transgender-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood and others react to Missouri law protecting minors from transgender procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A law protecting minors from transgender procedures recently took effect in Missouri, and it has prompted some providers of “gender-affirming” services to minors to announce that they are “canceling pre-existing prescriptions for puberty blockers or hormone-replacement therapy,” reported the Missouri Independent<\/a>. However, Planned Parenthood (a top provider<\/a> of so-called \u201cgender-affirming care\u201d) has vowed to continue to treat or refer minors who visit their facilities.<\/p>\n

Missouri\u2019s SB 49, referred to as the “Missouri Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act,” was signed<\/a> into law in June of this year. The legislation, which took effect August 28, prohibits health care providers from “perform[ing] gender transition surgeries on any minor.” It also prohibits “prescrib[ing] or administer[ing] cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs to a minor for a gender transition, unless such minor was receiving such treatment prior to August 28, 2023.”<\/p>\n

Last month, St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer ruled<\/a> the measure could take effect even as a lawsuit surrounding the legislation is argued in the courts. If the ban is upheld, it will be in effect “[u]ntil August 28, 2027,” the text of the law clarified.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe science and medical evidence is conflicting and unclear. Accordingly, the evidence raises more questions than answers,\u201d Ohmer wrote in his ruling. \u201cAs a result, it has not clearly been shown with sufficient possibility of success on the merits to justify the grant of a preliminary injunction,\u201d the judge also wrote, according to several sources.<\/p>\n

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Here is Judge Homer\u2019s Order. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe science and medical evidence is conflicting and unclear\u201d pic.twitter.com\/vaTfgPpyE3<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jamie Reed Whistleblower (@JamieWhistle) August 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n