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"If we stayed she could not play sports. And pretty soon we will be looking at hormone blockers and that's illegal. We don't have time to wait," said mother Sara Haluf, who holds the hand of her 10-year-old transgender daughter, as her husband Erez walks with their other children to the local neighborhood pool on Friday, June 2, 2023, in west St. Louis County. The family will be moving to Maryland in July after the Republican-led Missouri legislature passed laws that prohibit gender-affirming care for minors and restrict sports participation.