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The text of the emergency regulation is here: https://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/2023-04-13---emergency-reg.pdf https://ago.mo.gov/docs/defau

The text of the emergency regulation is here: https://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/2023-04-13---emergency-reg.pdf https://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/2023-0... These seem to be very reasonable restrictions. They still permit access to pharmaceutical and surgical interventions if needed, but with some additional checks and balances, and a greater emphasis on informed consent. On the whole, it reads like a list of things that practitioners should really have already have been doing.

blackle 4y ago
These are not reasonable restrictions. If any of the clauses in section two are found to be true, then the care is considered unlawful. Many of these clauses are extremely broad, for example "Fails to ensure (at least annually) that the patient is not experiencing social contagion with respect to the patient’s gender identity." Note that, unlike some of the other clauses, this isn't "with respect to a patient who is a minor," so this can be applied to adults as well. What does this clause even mean? Does a 30 year old trans person who has trans friends count? As we've seen in the fallout after the overturning of roe v wade, doctors are extremely hesitant to provide care if they can get in legal trouble for it. Call it like it is, this is a chilling effect on all trans care.