Both parties agreed on Thursday to push back their next court appearance until July 20, meaning that the Missouri Attorney General's emergency rules on gender affirming care won't take effect until at least then. The restrictions would have applied to both minors and adults.
St. Louis County Circuit Judge Ellen Ribaudo granted a request from the Missouri chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and their plaintiffs to extend the pause on Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's rule limiting transgender care for another two weeks.
A Missouri judge on Wednesday delayed an emergency rule that would restrict gender-affirming healthcare for transgender residents throughout the state, just hours before it was to take effect.
In his emergency regulation, the state attorney general said it was necessary to put up “substantial guardrails” around gender-transitioning treatments, because they were considered “experimental.”