JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following statement after a whistleblower announced the St. Louis pediatric transgender clinic at Washington University is shutting down:
“This is a huge win for the rule of law and for the safety of our children,” said Attorney General Bailey. “As a father of four and as Attorney General, I want Missouri to be the safest state in the nation for children. The closure of any clinic who has mutilated children is a major step towards that goal. I will not stop until the clandestine network of clinics mutilating children is permanently dismantled and bad actors are held accountable.”
General Bailey launched the investigation into the pediatric transgender center in 2023 after a whistleblower came forward with allegations that the center used experimental drugs on children, distributed puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones without individualized assessment, and bullied parents into “consenting” to giving their children life-altering drugs. In a sworn affidavit, the whistleblower says that the actions taken by the Center have led children to attempt suicide and that the Center never discontinued prescribing cross-sex hormones, no matter how much those drugs are harming the child. The whistleblower also has provided documentary evidence that the Center has been unlawfully billing state taxpayers to fund these actions.
The pediatric transgender center ceased providing gender transition interventions to minors in September, mere days after Attorney General Bailey successfully defended in court Missouri’s bill banning such procedures. With his court win, Missouri became the first state in the nation to successfully defend at the trial court level a law barring child mutilation. However, in his fight to protect children, Attorney General Bailey’s investigation into the clinic continues.
He is currently battling in Court to force the clinic to turn over documents. His office is 3/3 in his other lawsuits to force other clinics to comply with his subpoenas.