Judge Upholds Missouri’s Ban on Transgender Procedures for Children

The judge said he found a lack of consensus as to the medical ethics of those treatments.

A view of the Missouri State Capitol building's south entrance in Jefferson City, Missouri. Austin Alonzo/The Epoch Times

A Missouri judge has upheld the state’s law that bans transgender procedures for children.

In a ruling handed down on Monday, Judge R. Craig Carter of the Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri, said the challenge failed to substantiate multiple arguments, including that there exists a medical consensus on whether using drugs and surgeries to treat adolescent gender dysphoria is ethical.