Missouri Democrats once again filibuster ban on medical procedures for transgender minors
The Missouri Senate returned from its spring break Monday with Democrats resuming their filibuster of a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender children.
The Senate reconvened to debate legislation sponsored by Sen. Holly Thompson-Rehder, R-Sikeston, that began as a ban on transgender girls participating in school sports but was expanded to include prohibitions on medical procedures for transgender minors.
The move to debate Rehder’s bill irked the handful of Senate Republicans who had pressed for GOP leadership to cut off debate before the annual legislative spring break and force a vote on a bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Moon, R-Ash Grove.
They expressed disappointment in the decision to go to Thompson-Rehder’s bill, arguing that adding the transgender health care provision could it runs afoul of constitutional provisions that limit a bill to one subject and bar amendments from changing a bill’s purpose.
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