Judge blocks Missouri rule that would limit transgender care

A Missouri judge has blocked a unique rule that would restrict access to gender-affirming health care to children and adults. St. Louis County Circuit Judge Ellen Ribaudo issued a temporary restraining order Monday blocking Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s emergency rule on transgender health care until a lawsuit challenging it is resolved. The rule was…

Missouri rules part of rapid push to limit trans health care

(AP) — The push to restrict health care for transgender people has expanded beyond children, with Missouri’s new limits on gender-affirming care. The rules highlight how rapidly efforts targeting the rights of transgender people have grown this year. Those efforts have expanded even as they face new obstacles from the courts and the Biden administration.…