Kansas Governor Laura Kelly (Democrat) vetoed the bill. invoice it would have been Banned A minor was given gender-affirming care in the Sunflower State on Friday.
“This divisive law targets a minority of Kansan people by imposing government mandates on them and dictating to parents how to best raise and care for their children,” Kelly said. Stated. Said in Friday’s veto message. “I don’t think that’s a conservative value, and certainly not a Kansas value.”
Kelly said the bill “tramples on the rights of parents” and that “the last place I want to be a politician is between a parent and a child who need medical care of any kind.” Ta.
“Yet, that is exactly the purpose of this law,” she continued.
The bill, a replacement for Senate Bill 233, would have banned gender-affirming care such as surgery and hormone therapy for people under 18 in Kansas. Kelly vetoed a similar bill last year, but Republicans were unable to overturn it.
Kathryn Oakley, senior director of legal policy at the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ rights group, said. was praised Kelly issued a press release announcing his veto. “We understand the essence of bills like SB 233, which is dangerous misinformation and an attempt to target vulnerable youth for the sole purpose of enraging anti-LGBTQ+ extremists,” the group said. I remain grateful to Governor Kelly for what he has done.”
“If any law seeks to prohibit best practices, medically necessary care for no other purpose than that the person receiving the care is transgender, that is discrimination, plain and simple,” Oakley said. said. “Physicians, patients, and families should be making health care decisions, not politicians.”
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