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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Summer Ballentine

Ban on trans health care for kids heads to Missouri governor

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Transgender minors in Missouri no longer will have access to puberty blockers, hormones or gender-affirming surgery under legislation passed by the Republican-led legislature Wednesday.

The ban also affects some adults — Medicaid health care won’t cover any gender-affirming care in the state, and surgery will no longer be available to prisoners and inmates.

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