'Equivalent of torture': Gov. Andy Beshear slams Kentucky bill on conversion therapy, Medicaid trans health care

Ban on Kentucky Medicaid paying for gender-affirming care added to conversion therapy bill

Rep. David Hale amended his bill to ban Kentucky Medicaid from paying for some gender-affirming care. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Liam Niemeyer)This story mentions suicide. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.  An advancing bill seeking to cancel Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s restrictions on conversion therapy would now also prohibit Medicaid from paying for som…

American Principles Project Testifies in Front of the Wisconsin Assembly in Favor of Banning Transition Surgeries for Minors

MADISON, WISCONSIN – Yesterday, American Principles Project (APP) Government Affairs Director Sandra Asuncion, testified before the Wisconsin Assembly in support of AB 104, the Help Not Harm Act. This legislation would ban so-called “gender affirming” care, including puberty blockers, cross sex hormones, and sex-change procedures for minors. There are 26 states that have banned these practices against minors, and 33 … Read more The post American…

'Equivalent of torture': Gov. Andy Beshear slams Kentucky bill on conversion therapy, Medicaid trans health care

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear denounced the Republican-led effort to ban Medicaid from funding gender-affirming care for transgender Kentuckians and to undo his executive order restricting the practice of “conversion therapy”...