Judge blocks Texas ban on trans treatment for kids while Missouri rules in favor of similar ban

A judge in Texas ruled Friday to block the state's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, but the Lone Star state is expected to appeal the decision. 

The ban was supposed to start on Sept. 1. A group of families in Texas sued to prevent the ban from going into effect, arguing that it would violate parents' rights, according to NBC News.

Meanwhile in Missouri, a judge ruled that a similar ban regarding gender-affirming care for minors could go into effect, according to the Associated Press.

Starting next week, doctors in Missouri are not allowed to give "gender-affirming care" treatments, whether that be surgeries or prescribing puberty blockers to minors. Minors who have already gotten puberty blockers can continue taking those medications, but other youth cannot access them. 

Physicians who violate the law could have their license revoked or be sued by patients, NBC News reports. 

National Review reports that GOP Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey argued in a court filing that the law “would open the gate to interventions that a growing international consensus has said may be extraordinarily damaging.”

So far, there are 22 states that have restrictions on transgender treatment for minors, according to the Movement Advancement Project.