Missouri’s attorney general says he will issue an emergency regulation that at least temporarily puts strict limits on transgender medical treatment for youth.
Doctors and advocates for the transgender community contend the planned rule contains misleading or incorrect information straight from the playbook of anti-trans activists. Here’s a look at what the rule does and what's behind some of its assertions.Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s rule will targetfor gender-questioning children, which typically begins with puberty-blocking drugs to temporarily pause sexual development.
The FDA has not approved the medications specifically to treat gender-questioning youth, but they have been used for many years for that purpose “off label," a common and accepted practice for many medical conditions. Doctors who treat trans patients say those decades of use are proof the treatments are not experimental.The press release says patients must also be told the FDA issued a warning that puberty blockers can lead to blindness and brain swelling.
Patients also must be told that Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare has declared that the risks of puberty blockers and sex hormones for gender-questioning youth “outweigh the possible benefits,” according to Bailey's press release.
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