ADF Senior Counsel Matt Sharp:  “We applaud Gov. Kehoe for protecting Missouri taxpayers from being forced to fund harmful transition drugs and surgeries. Growing medical evidence demonstrates that these procedures are neither safe nor effective in treating gender dysphoria. And no amount of drugs or surgeries can change a person’s sex….”

OMAHA, Neb. – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit reversed a district court Thursday and asked it to take another look at a case filed by two licensed counselors against Kansas City, Missouri, and Jackson County, Missouri, over their counseling censorship ordinances.

ADF Senior Counsel Matt Sharp: “No one should be denied access to basic financial services based on their political or religious beliefs. But when big banks weaponize their control of financial services to punish those with disfavored or unpopular views, they are just as threatening to freedom as Big Brother….”