New Missouri law will force trans inmates in state prisons to detransition

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

New Missouri law will force trans inmates in state prisons to detransition

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/03/missouri-prisons-trans-inmates-detransition/ 🔗

Siân Thompson (3 July 2026)

Missouri has enacted a new law restricting access to gender-affirming healthcare for incarcerated transgender people, marking a significant change in how the state's Department of Corrections is permitted to provide medical treatment and, as a result, forcing their transgender inmates to detransition.

HB 2009, signed into law on 30 June by Governor Mike Kehoe, prohibits the use of state funds for hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries intended for gender transition.

The move comes after years of legal and policy changes surrounding transgender healthcare in Missouri prisons. In 2018, a federal court ruling in Hicklin v. Precythe found that the blanket denial of hormone therapy violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, establishing a requirement for individualised medical care in some cases. However, the ruling did not extend to gender-affirming surgeries, which Missouri later restricted through separate legislation in 2023.

Under this new law, the Department of Corrections is required to discontinue state-funded gender transition-related treatments, affecting incarcerated individuals currently receiving hormone therapy as well as those seeking to begin treatment while in custody.

[Emma1017]

That would be a great case to bring to the Supreme Court.  Until then I will not go to Missouri to commit any crimes.  In fact, I will add Missouri to the states I will never visit, a sadly large list.

[Karen_A]

Not that I every expect to be in Missouri or go to jail, but I wonder how that law would be when it comes to HRT for a post-op.

[Petunia]

A big worry would be making up charges to incarcerate people, or someone in the community accusing somebody of an offence