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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
National
Jack Suntrup

Missouri secretary of state predicts transgender restrictions won't stand

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — At least one top Missouri Republican isn't defending Attorney General Andrew Bailey's rules on transgender medical care, which advocates say would make Missouri the first state to restrict treatments for adults.

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said in an interview he disagrees with Bailey's regulation even though he doesn't support hormone therapy and gender surgeries for children and adults.

Ashcroft said adults should be able to make their own decisions and predicted the Republican attorney general's regulation won't actually take effect.

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