Thread by @AGAndrewBailey

(1/10) My office released the following statement on Planned Parenthood's attempt to halt our investigation into gender transition intervention procedures on children throughout the state of Missouri:

"Following discovery that Planned Parenthood provides life-altering gender transition drugs to children without any therapy assessment, we asked them to provide basic documents to explain themselves, including why its procedures depart so far from any recognized standard of care

Planned Parenthood is a member of the activist organization WPATH, which has long called for 'extensive exploration of psychological issues' 'before any physical interventions are considered.'

But rather than provide a single document to explain why it is departing so far from WPATH’s standard, Planned Parenthood is running to court to try to hide everything. Missourians should be very concerned.

There is also a growing recognition that there is not yet solid evidentiary support for gender transition interventions.

As the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has determined,

'There is a lack of current evidence-based guidance for the care of children and adolescents who identify as transgender, particularly regarding the benefits and harms of pubertal suppression, medical affirmation with hormone therapy, and surgical affirmation.'

That’s why Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, among others, have declared this to be 'experimental' and have substantially limited the circumstances where these interventions can be prescribed.

Planned Parenthood’s decision not to follow the science, and not to even explain why it will not follow the science, is very concerning.

We look forward to prevailing in this request for information and learning what is truly going on with Planned Parenthood in connection with gender transition issues." (10/10)