{"id":45303,"date":"2023-03-28T09:04:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T14:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/?p=45303"},"modified":"2023-03-28T09:08:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T14:08:06","slug":"missouri-senate-passes-safe-act-aimed-to-nix-gender-transition-procedures-for-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/2023\/03\/28\/missouri-senate-passes-safe-act-aimed-to-nix-gender-transition-procedures-for-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Senate passes ‘SAFE Act,’ aimed to nix gender transition procedures for minors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bills opposing transgender agenda pass Missouri Senate, now heading to Missouri House<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

JEFFERSON CITY \u2013 <\/strong>The Missouri Senate passed two bills protecting children and students from harm caused by the LGBTQ+ agenda, March 23. Both bills are now on their way to the state\u2019s House of Representatives for approval.<\/p>\n

Senate Bill 49 (SB 49) \u2013 known as the \u201cSave Adolescents from Experimentation\u201d (SAFE) Act \u2013 prohibits gender transition surgeries on minors. Senate Bill 39 requires that student athletes participate in sports that correspond with the gender listed on their birth certificate.<\/p>\n

Senate Bill 49<\/h3>\n

Sponsored by Sen. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove), SB 49 gained Senate approval three days after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced his office was enacting \u201cguardrails\u201d to protect minors from gender transition procedures, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries. Among other things, the Attorney General\u2019s emergency regulation requires \u201can 18-month waiting period, 15 hourlong therapy sessions\u201d and \u201ctreatment of any mental illnesses\u201d before minors would be permitted to undergo gender transition procedures.<\/p>\n

Only a month earlier, according to The Washington Stand<\/em><\/a>, \u201ca whistleblower gave an explosive account alleging shocking misconduct of staff who worked with minors at The Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children\u2019s Hospital. The allegations include staff members dispensing drugs to children against their parents\u2019 wishes, administering cross-sex hormones to mentally ill children and ignoring the deteriorating physical and mental health conditions of patients \u2013 including at least one suicidal teenager.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking on the \u201cWashington Watch with Tony Perkins<\/a>,\u201d March 21, Attorney General Bailey said, \u201cIf even 10% of [the St. Louis Children\u2019s Hospital] allegations are true, this is nothing short of child abuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the problem is we\u2019ve asked the clinic to stop and put a moratorium on these procedures while we look into the matter and determine what is and isn\u2019t happening,\u201d Bailey added. \u201cThey\u2019ve refused to do so and claim that they\u2019re the only clinic in the state that provides these services. So we know that\u2019s patently false. We\u2019ve discovered online that other clinics across the state of Missouri are doing this. There\u2019s a clandestine, shadowy industry for gender mutilation of these young children, and we\u2019re going to put a stop to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Urging Missouri Baptists to pray for the ultimate success of SB 49, Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) legislative liaison Timothy Faber noted, \u201cEven the temporary use of puberty blockers may result in permanent conditions which have serious and negative effects. Among these are osteoporosis, seizures, cognitive impairment and more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWashington University in St. Louis, and many others, speak openly about \u2018gender affirming\u2019 treatment,\u201d Faber added. \u201cNo one in this industry speaks of treating the child in an objective manner or trying to find what is best for the patient. It is automatically assumed that \u2018affirming their transition\u2019 is what is best.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is evident that our medical community has been overtaken by a particular ideology,\u201d Faber said.<\/p>\n

Faber noted that several states \u2013 including Utah, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Dakota, Alabama, Arizona and Arkansas \u2013 have taken action to protect children from harmful gender-transition procedures.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Missouri Senate has passed SB49 which would put an end to such genital mutilation and life altering hormonal treatments for those who are cognitively and legally not able to provide voluntary informed consent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe measure is now in the Missouri House of Representatives, where it is expected to pass. Even so, such a measure should not merely \u2018pass\u2019; it should receive overwhelming bi-partisan support,\u201d he added, encouraging Missouri Baptists to contact their state representatives.<\/p>\n

Senate Bill 39<\/h3>\n

Meanwhile, SB 39 \u2013 sponsored by Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder (R-Scott City) \u2013 is also heading to the Missouri House for final approval.<\/p>\n

The Senate\u2019s approval of SB 39 comes even as some international sports organizations have questioned the wisdom of the LGBTQ+ movement\u2019s impact on women\u2019s sports. The World Athletics Council announced, March 23, \u201cIn regard to transgender athletes, the Council has agreed to exclude male-to-female transgender athletes who have been through male puberty from female World Rankings competition.\u201d The council\u2019s new ban on biological males playing in women\u2019s sports goes into effect, March 31.<\/p>\n

Sen. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit) wrote, March 26, in the Jefferson City News Tribune<\/em><\/a>, \u201cThe transgender sports legislation, SB 39, is simple. Schools will only allow student athletes to participate in sports that correspond to the gender listed on the student’s birth certificate. Biological boys will play against biological boys, and biological girls will play against biological girls. …<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bill applies to all schools in Missouri \u2013 public or private, at all grade levels \u2013 with the potential penalty being the loss of state funding,\u201d Fitzwater, a member of Concord Baptist Church, Jefferson City, added.<\/p>\n

Speaking of both SB 49 and SB 39, he wrote, \u201cThese two bills are among the strongest transgender measures anywhere in the country. My hope is the House of Representatives will approve both measures as written and send them onto the governor for his signature. I believe passage of these protections will be a great win for Missouri’s kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Missouri Baptists can find information for contacting their representatives at https:\/\/house.mo.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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