A Missouri judge has ordered a two-week hold on the nation’s first attempt to regulate medical gender-transitioning of adults and minors via a consumer-protection rule.
Circuit Judge Ellen Ribaudo’s May 1  ruling comes amid a national and international debate over the safety and effectiveness of transgender medical procedures in general.
Disagreements usually have centered on the use of these procedures for youths. But the Missouri rule also focuses on concerns about the well-being of adults.
LGBT civil-rights activists, who petitioned to stop the proposed rule, say it’s unconstitutional and would cut off transgender people from the “health care” they want and deserve….