Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, has vetoed a bill that would ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth in the state. Kelly argues that the legislation is divisive and interferes with parental rights.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, vetoed a ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth in the state.
She continued, "By stripping away rights from Kansans and opening the state up to expensive and unnecessary lawsuits, these bills would hurt our ability to continue breaking economic records and landing new business deals."The legislature would need a two-thirds vote to override the veto -- 84 in the House and 27 in the Senate. The Republican-backed bill has enough votes in the Senate to override the veto.
However, the bill allows exceptions for these procedures on minors who are intersex, have ambiguous sex characteristics, or have disorders of sex development. Supporters of gender-affirming care bans say gender-affirming care is harmful for minors. Some argue trans youth should wait until they're older to access gender-affirming care.
Critics of the gender-affirming care ban called the bill "more extreme and misinformed than similar bills in other parts of the country."
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