COLUMBIA, Mo. — A Missouri court on Monday upheld a new state law that bans some gender-transition health care for minors, a victory for supporters of the ban as a multitude of lawsuits against similar bans in other states continue to play out.
Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a statement that Missouri is the “first state in the nation to successfully defend such a law at the trial court level.” Bailey, who tried to ban minors’ access to gender-affirming health car …