AG Steve Marshall leads 16-state brief defending Missouri’s ban on se…

Attorney General Steve Marshall filed a multistate brief supporting Missouri’s defense of its ban on sex-modification procedures for children. The 16-state brief, co-led by Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee, directly addresses efforts by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and other medical interest groups that urge courts to defer to them on issues of pediatric sex changes.

“In reality, the latest WPATH standards are gender ideology talking points masquerading as medical standards. These so-called standards advocate prescribing some children puberty blockers and having them undergo life-altering surgeries because it is considered ‘medically necessary gender-affirming care,’” said Attorney General Marshall. “Our youth deserve better, and I will never stop fighting to protect our children from these radical and often irreversible medical…