Kansas & Missouri Trans Commute Decried

A local prog blog is offering insight into the search for "gender-affirming" care . . . Here's their consideration of the sitch:

"Families with trans kids on both sides of the state line  watch with trepidation. If care options in Kansas go away, families in Missouri will also lose their nearest outlet for care. Parents in both states will be forced to choose between discontinuing their child’s treatment or searching for it in a city elsewhere in the country."

However . . . 

TKC is not a doctor and we don't have any advice, just compassion for families going through difficult times . . . But it seems to us that support for families in crisis is abundant in both states even if the treatment doesn't include experimental hormone therapy or surgery.   

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas and Missouri bans may spur families to travel far out of state for gender-affirming care

Missouri banned gender-affirming care for kids. Kansas could follow suit this spring. So families are moving to other states or traveling hundreds of miles, sometimes with the help of a growing network of groups determined to make the care available.