Health policy
PROMO Missouri canvasses voters against proposed transgender care ban
PROMO Missouri is aiming to reach 10,000 voters through door-to-door conversations opposing a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
PROMO Missouri is using door-to-door conversations, a method known as deep canvassing, to try to defeat a proposed state constitutional amendment affecting transgender healthcare for minors. The LGBTQ+ advocacy group aims to knock on 100,000 doors across five of Missouri’s largest metro areas before the election.
The amendment would bar minors from gender-transition surgery, cross-sex hormone therapy and puberty blockers, as part of a measure to reinstate a near-total ban on abortion in the state. A poll cited in the reports found 43% supported the bans, 44% opposed them and 13% were undecided, with a margin of error of 4.09%. The poll asked about the bans together, not separately.
About one out of every 10 knocks becomes a conversation. Organizers aim to have 10,000 conversations before Election Day and had reached 6,000 in early October. Canvassers ask voters to rate their views on a 0-to-10 scale and explain their answers, with the group focusing on people who oppose an abortion ban but are less certain about transgender care.
