Missouri Moves to Protect Minors from Gender Transition

State Rep. Suzie Pollock of Missouri’s 123rd district has just introduced H.B. 2649, the Missouri Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, to protect minors from harmful physiological gender transition procedures. Missouri is the fifth state to introduce a SAFE Act this year.

Pollock joined “Washington Watch” to discuss the purpose of the bill. “It makes it illegal to practice giving children cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, or any kind of surgery” that alter their young bodies for life, she noted. “I really want to get that in law and protect children because who knows where things can progress to and what they’ll be trying next?”

This legislation comes at a time when our nation’s youth are increasingly being taught to embrace radical gender identity ideology. Those who suffer distress due to an incongruence of their biological sex and their perceived gender are told that what they need are puberty-blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones, and sometimes even surgery in order to achieve a superficial appearance of their desired sex. These procedures result in irreversible harm (which can include permanent sterility, among other things) and have not been shown to reduce suicidal ideation in the long run. This has compelled legislators in states like Missouri to seek a legislative solution…. (Excerpt from the Family Research Council)