Posted on Feb 23, 2023
Kansas lawmakers vote to restrict transgender athletes and doctors providing gender-affirming...
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The bills would prohibit doctors from providing gender-affirming care to children, ban transgender girls from girls' sports and legally define sex as the sex a person is assigned at birth.
The Republican-dominated Kansas Legislature on Thursday approved a group of bills targeting transgender people and gender-affirming health care.
The GOP-backed bills will likely be vetoed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly should they make it to her desk. That would set up a political fight to override her opposition later in the session. In all three votes, the lawmakers came close to — but did not not surpass — the two-thirds majority needed to override Kelly.
Two bills approved by the Senate would ban doctors from providing gender-affirming care to children and create the so-called “women’s bill of rights” that legally defines a person’s sex as the sex they were assigned at birth. The senators voted 26-11 and 26-10, respectively. The bills now head to the House for consideration.
The Republican-dominated Kansas Legislature on Thursday approved a group of bills targeting transgender people and gender-affirming health care.
The GOP-backed bills will likely be vetoed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly should they make it to her desk. That would set up a political fight to override her opposition later in the session. In all three votes, the lawmakers came close to — but did not not surpass — the two-thirds majority needed to override Kelly.
Two bills approved by the Senate would ban doctors from providing gender-affirming care to children and create the so-called “women’s bill of rights” that legally defines a person’s sex as the sex they were assigned at birth. The senators voted 26-11 and 26-10, respectively. The bills now head to the House for consideration.
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..."Kansas Republicans advanced three bills Wednesday targeting transgender rights and gender-related health care in an effort likely to spark a veto override fight with Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.
For the third year in a row the Kansas House advanced a bill banning transgender athletes from girls sports taking the first step toward one of the first veto-override fights of Kelly’s second term.
After falling short of a veto-proof majority in a preliminary vote Wednesday House Republicans for the first time gained a veto-proof majority on legislation banning transgender athletes from girls sports.
The House’s inability to achieve a veto-proof majority sunk the bill last year although Senate Republicans had the needed votes.
The chamber approved the bill 82-40. Two Republicans missing from the chamber have voted in favor of the legislation in the past. Their votes would enable the House to override Kelly in a veto fight later this session as long as the bill’s other supporters maintain their votes."...
..."Kansas Republicans advanced three bills Wednesday targeting transgender rights and gender-related health care in an effort likely to spark a veto override fight with Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.
For the third year in a row the Kansas House advanced a bill banning transgender athletes from girls sports taking the first step toward one of the first veto-override fights of Kelly’s second term.
After falling short of a veto-proof majority in a preliminary vote Wednesday House Republicans for the first time gained a veto-proof majority on legislation banning transgender athletes from girls sports.
The House’s inability to achieve a veto-proof majority sunk the bill last year although Senate Republicans had the needed votes.
The chamber approved the bill 82-40. Two Republicans missing from the chamber have voted in favor of the legislation in the past. Their votes would enable the House to override Kelly in a veto fight later this session as long as the bill’s other supporters maintain their votes."...
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