KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Calling his demand for records and testimony a “burdensome overreach” despite “no allegations of wrongdoing,” Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City is suing Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey over an investigation his office opened last month into gender-affirming care.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in Jackson County, asks a judge to toss out an investigative demand letter sent by the attorney general’s office in late March. Requests include all instances when child abuse was reported to law enforcement and questions of whether the hospital prescribes hormone blockers for, or performs surgery on, transgender patients.
At issue is an investigation launched by Bailey of a pediatric transgender center in St. Louis after a former employee publicly raised allegations that medical professionals had harmed children in St. Louis. His office has widened the scope of its investigation to other healthcare providers in the state.
