Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., is suing Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey over his demand for records and testimony on gender-affirming care, The Kansas City Star reported.
The lawsuit, filed April 14 in Jackson County, asks a judge to deny Mr. Bailey's investigative demands, saying the requests are a "burdensome overreach" despite "no allegations of wrongdoing," according to the newspaper.
Mr. Bailey's office made the demand for records and testimony in a letter sent in late March. In February, his office had already confirmed an investigation by Missouri agencies into whistleblower allegations against the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital. The whistleblower raised allegations that individuals at the transgender center had harmed hundreds of children each year, including by using experimental drugs on them.
Now, Mr. Bailey's office is also looking at Children's Mercy and made more than 50 requests for documents and information in his office's March 24 investigative demand letter to the hospital. Requests include all instances when child abuse was reported to law enforcement and questions of whether Children's Mercy prescribes hormone blockers for, or performs surgery on, transgender individuals, according to The Kansas City Star.
Madeline Sieren, a spokesperson for Mr. Bailey's office, said in a statement shared with the newspaper that Children's Mercy "is refusing to provide even a single document to explain...
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