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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Summer Ballentine and David A. Lieb

Missouri Senate endorses transgender health restrictions

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The Missouri Senate advanced a pair of bills to prohibit gender transitioning health care treatments for minors and restrict them from competing in sports, a hard-fought GOP win Tuesday following intense pressure from protesters to act.

The Senate votes came after an all-night session of closed-door negotiations and only after Republican lawmakers agreed not to prohibit transitions already in process, and to let the measures expire in 2027.

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