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- ↑ Hanshaw, Annelise (2023-02-23). "Debate over allowing Missouri campus groups to limit membership focuses on discrimination". Missouri Independent. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ↑ Miller, Kermit (2023-03-30). "Missouri lawmakers wrap up another week, highlighted by gridlock and division". KRCG. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ↑ Hanshaw, Annelise (2023-04-12). "Missouri House advances limits on health care, sports participation for transgender minors". Missouri Independent. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ↑ Hanshaw, Annelise (February 16, 2023). "Proposed ban on gender-affirming care expanded to include incarcerated Missourians". Missouri Independent. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
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