The Missouri House on Thursday passed a bill to permanently ban gender-affirming care for minors despite intense pushback from the state’s transgender community and LGBTQ advocates. The bill, filed by Rep. Melisa Schmidt, an Eldridge Republican, would remove a 2027 sunset on a 2023 law that banned health care, such as hormone therapy, for transgender minors. Thursday’s vote marked Missouri’s first major attempt this year to remove the expiration date, a provision added by Democrats in 2023. The initial legislation, which included a permanent ban on surgeries for transgender minors and incarcerated people, was part of a nationwide wave of legislation aimed at the transgender community. After passing through the House on a vote of 105 to 40, the legislation now heads to the Senate.
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