Correction: Transgender Health-Missouri story

Mar 31, 2023, 8:33 AM | Updated: Apr 4, 2023, 10:56 am

Associated Press (AP) — In a story published March 31, 2023, about an investigation into gender-affirming care at a Missouri Planned Parenthood, The Associated Press erroneously quoted a state attorney general spokeswoman as saying the clinic provides drugs to minors “with therapy assessment.” Spokeswoman Madeline Sieren said in a statement that Planned Parenthood provides “drugs to children without any therapy assessment.”

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