Missouri judge denies attempt to block transgender healthcare ban

A Missouri court has rejected a bid to freeze the state’s pending transgender healthcare ban. That means the proposed restrictions are on tap to go into law Monday. Last month, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, Lambda Legal, and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner law firm sued to overturn the law. They argued that the law is discriminatory. They asked that the proposed limits be temporarily blocked while the challenge works its way through the court system. St. Louis Judge Steven Ohmer ruled today that the groups have not successfully...