transgender health care

Blue states look to expand insurance coverage of gender-affirming care

By Claire Rush, Associated Press/Report for America

The wide-ranging bill is part of a wave of legislation in Democratic-controlled states intended to carve out safe havens for transgender people amid a conservative movement seeking to ban or limit gender-affirming care.

Missouri Planned Parenthood sues state AG over transgender care investigation

By Summer Ballentine, Associated Press

Missouri’s state attorney general is investigating gender-affirming care provided by Planned Parenthood, according to a lawsuit filed by the St. Louis health provider.

West Virginia GOP Legislature passes ban on transgender health care for minors

By Leah Willingham, Associated Press

A bill that would ban evidence-based health care for transgender minors in West Virginia, the state estimated to have more transgender youth per capita than any other in the nation, is headed to the desk of Gov. Jim Justice.

Anxiety, fear fill West Virginia transgender health care clinic

By Leah Willingham, Associated Press

Doctors in West Virginia say transgender health care that could soon be banned in the state is just as essential as the other lifesaving services they provide.