Texas, Missouri Judges Issue Contrasting Rulings on Transgender Treatments for Minors

Contrasting rulings on whether people under 18 can receive certain gender transition procedures in the respective states were issued hours apart.

A bathroom is set aside for transgender students at the University of California Irvine, in Irvine, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Judges in Texas and Missouri issued separate, contrasting rulings on Friday regarding whether people under 18 can receive certain gender transition procedures in the respective states.

In Texas, a judge ruled against the state’s ban on gender transition procedures for minors, stopping it from taking effect next week as she continues to review amid an ongoing legal challenge.