Transgender care takes center stage in Missouri campaign to reinstate abortion ban

By: Anna Spoerre

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: October 8, 2026

Words: 2,091

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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Jamie Reed stood before a room full of Republicans in St. Louis County in September, clicking through a presentation about pediatric gender medicine.

The former caseworker at a St. Louis transgender clinic described puberty blockers and hormones in stark terms and warned of what she sees as lasting harm to children. The audience gasped, groaned and, at one point, a woman called her a hero.

But Reed had come to make a …

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