Missouri Court Upholds Trans Care Ban, Citing Duty to ‘Protect Integrity of Medical Profession’
thenewcivilrightsmovement.comA Missouri court upheld a ban on gender affirming care for minors, citing ethical concerns. Judge R. Craig Carter filed his ruling Monday in the case Noe v.
Parson, deciding that the state’s ban on providing gender affirming care for minors did not run afoul of the constitution. The case was brought by several trans teens and their families, and filed by Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Missouri and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.
The law bans all care, including puberty blockers, hormones and surgery for people under 18. Minors who obtained this sort of care prior to August 28, 2023 are protected, and the law is set to expire on the same day in 2027.
The Missouri court ruled that it was “required to deny the plaintiff’s prayers for relief.” READ MORE: Lone Dissenter Calls Texas Supreme Court Transgender Ruling ‘Cruel, Unconstitutional’ “This Court finds an almost total lack of consensus as to the medical ethics of adolescent gender dysphoria treatment.
