Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Addresses KC’s Sanctuary City Status

Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks to reporters after taking the oath of office in Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 3, 2023. A Kansas City Council committee will consider a resolution on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, that would designate the city as a sanctuary for people seeking or providing gender-affirming care, even as the state’s attorney general is proposing a new restrictions on the procedures for adults and children. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb, File)

(MISSOURINET) – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has pulled the plug on his transgender health care restrictions but is now coming after Kansas City for voting to become a sanctuary city.

He appeared on Missourinet affiliate KCMO and told host Pete Mundo that getting puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender transitions are akin to lobotomy…

Bailey calls the Kansas City Council declaring itself a sanctuary city ‘an illegal act’ and that the State of Missouri has tools to deploy against local officials who try to undermine state law.

In a press release from Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves, she assures that the city will not be enforcing the legislation if it’s signed by the governor.