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Kansas Senate overrides governor's veto of bill banning gender affirming care for minors

  • The Kansas Legislature has overridden Governor Laura Kelly's veto of a bill banning gender-reassignment procedures for minors, with the Senate voting 31-9 and the House 84-35 in favor.
  • Governor Kelly expressed concerns that the legislation would drive families, businesses, and health care workers out of the state, stating it was not appropriate for Kansas.
  • Kansas now becomes the 27th state to enact laws restricting such procedures for minors, effective later this month.
  • The legislation prohibits doctors from providing puberty blockers and hormone therapy, and threatens the medical licenses of those who do.
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Advocates celebrate override of Dem governor’s ‘misguided’ veto of protecting kids from gender transitions

Advocates for a Kansas bill protecting minors from gender transition surgeries are celebrating the state legislature overriding Gov. Laura Kelly's veto.

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Kansas Bans Gender-Affirming Care for Youth as GOP Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto

Kansas has become the latest state to ban gender-affirming care for transgender children and youth after the Republican-controlled state Legislature overrode the Democratic governor’s veto of the measure. The new law is set to take effect this month and follows President Trump’s executive order gutting gender-affirming care nationwide for trans people under the age of 19; that order was temporarily blocked by a federal judge last week. At least …

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New Hampshire lawmakers debate bill on transgender rights that Sununu vetoed last year

Lawmakers in Concord are now considering a bill that would make changes to the state's anti-discrimination law that supporters said would protect women and girls, but opponents argue would target members of the transgender community.

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Kansas Legislature overrides governor’s veto of “Help Not Harm Act” - The Sentinel

Lawmakers overrode Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of SB 63, the so-called “Help Not Harm Act”. The legislation outlaws healthcare providers from treating a child whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child’s sex at birth. The vote in the House was 84-35, the minimum number needed to achieve the 2/3 supermajority for override. Six members failed to vote. The Senate had a more comfortable margin of 31-9. All members voted. House Speak…

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Kansas lawmakers override governor’s veto of the “Help Not Harm Act”

With this action, Kansas is now the 27th state to ban doctors from treating minors confused about their identity with experimental drugs and surgeries. [UPDATE] Kansas Republicans yesterday successfully overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill that prohibits irreversible transgender medical procedures for minors. The legislature was able to easily muster the two-thirds majority required to overturn the governor’s action, with the st…

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Kansas Bans Gender Reassignment for Children After Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto

The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature has voted to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill banning gender-reassignment procedures for minors, making Kansas the latest state to enact restrictions on transgender surgeries and related procedures for children. With supermajorities in both chambers, Republicans easily surpassed the two-thirds threshold required to overturn the Democrat governor’s veto. The Senate voted 31–9, and the House f…

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