Posted on Apr 27, 2023
Restrictions on transgender rights and abortion coming to Kansas after Republicans override...
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Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has seen some of her vetoes of culture wars legislation and others overridden by conservative Republicans who control the Kansas Legislature.
TOPEKA, Kansas — Republicans controlling the Legislature continued to use their supermajority to push through laws curbing transgender and abortion rights on Thursday.
Lawmakers overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto to pass a law that bans transgender women from women’s bathrooms and other public places preserved for women. That could make Kansas the state with the country’s most restrictive transgender rights law.
They also used the final stretch run of this year’s legislative session to reverse Kelly vetoes on abortion restrictions following voters' rejection last summer of a proposal that could have led to a ban.
TOPEKA, Kansas — Republicans controlling the Legislature continued to use their supermajority to push through laws curbing transgender and abortion rights on Thursday.
Lawmakers overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto to pass a law that bans transgender women from women’s bathrooms and other public places preserved for women. That could make Kansas the state with the country’s most restrictive transgender rights law.
They also used the final stretch run of this year’s legislative session to reverse Kelly vetoes on abortion restrictions following voters' rejection last summer of a proposal that could have led to a ban.
Restrictions on transgender rights and abortion coming to Kansas after Republicans override...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The Kansas House voted 87-37 to override the veto, while the Senate voted by a margin of 31-9.
Because Kansas already bans most abortions past 22 weeks, abortion proponents say the new law will likely be mostly symbolic, with providers saying the type of abortion the law seeks to cover rarely ever happens in the state.
The move by GOP lawmakers in Kansas to overturn Kelly’s veto comes as a wave of Republican-led states have started to place restrictions on abortions, following the fall of Roe v. Wade last year."
..."The Kansas House voted 87-37 to override the veto, while the Senate voted by a margin of 31-9.
Because Kansas already bans most abortions past 22 weeks, abortion proponents say the new law will likely be mostly symbolic, with providers saying the type of abortion the law seeks to cover rarely ever happens in the state.
The move by GOP lawmakers in Kansas to overturn Kelly’s veto comes as a wave of Republican-led states have started to place restrictions on abortions, following the fall of Roe v. Wade last year."
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