Republican Missouri state Rep. Mike Moon, on Tuesday defended child marriage while advancing legislation that would ban gender-affirming healthcare for minors.
During Tuesday's testimony in the House General Laws Committee over Moon's bill to ban people under age of 18 from receiving "gender transition procedures," Democratic state Rep. Peter Meredith pressed Moon over why he'd previously voted against making it illegal for children to marry adults at the age at 12 if they obtained parental consent.
