Missouri officials struck back at one of the clinics that unsuccessfully challenged new state restrictions on gender affirming care, accusing the clinic in a lawsuit of failing to provide proper care for transgender minors even before the new law took effect.
Every major medical organization, including the American Medical Association, has opposed bans on gender-affirming care for minors and supported their access to medical care when treatments are administered appropriately.
Doctors who treat transgender patients say those decades of use are proof the treatments are not experimental.
Critics of providing gender-affirming care to minors have raised concerns about children changing their minds.
Yet the evidence suggests detransitioning is not as common as opponents of transgender medical treatment for youth contend, though few studies exist and they have their weaknesses.
Persons:
Andrew Bailey, didn't, Bailey, Louis Children’s, detransitioning
Organizations:
Republican, St, Southampton Community Healthcare, Southampton, Washington University Transgender, Louis Children’s Hospital, University of Missouri Health Care, American Medical Association, Drug Administration, FDA
Locations:
Missouri, Louis, Columbia