The bill also would require that the state revoke the licenses of any doctors violating the ban and bar recipients of state funds for treating children or state employees who work with children from advocating gender-affirming care for them. It would ban the use of state dollars and property...
non-binary, gender non-conforming and gender fluid people from American society, at least legally. Dr. Beth Oller, a family physician in a small northwestern Kansas town who provides gender-affirming care, saw GOP lawmakers going "in search of a dog whistle" to unite their party. ...
So, when we talk about what needs to be done, we have to look at our local partners and our local allies. Um, last year when there were twenty-seven anti-LGBTQ bills filed only two stuck. A sports ban on the Missouri side and a gender affirming care ban on the Missouri side. […...
The Kansas House voted 70-52 to pass a bill requiring the state’s medical board to revoke the licenses of doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors, even though many professionals who deal with transgender youth see such car...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City driver managed to get ahold of a gun during a traffic stop, shooting and wounding one of the officers arresting him, authorities say.
California recently began allowing eligible undocumented immigrants to get Medicaid coverage, and the state’s program does cover gender-affirming care when deemed medically necessary. But Kansas already excludes most kinds of gender-affirming care from Medicaid coverage. ...
States Are Preparing to Help or Thwart Trump's Second-Term Plans As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, many elected officials in Republican and Democratic states are preparing to either aid or oppose his policies Associated PressJan. 12, 2025 ...
The Planned Parenthood affiliate already offers some telehealth services, such as refilling birth control prescriptions or gender-affirming care visits for transgender patients. Wales said it's still deciding day-by-day how quickly to expand telemedicine abortion appointments. ...
GOP conservatives also hadn’t given up on trying to pass a bill aimed at ending gender-affirming care for minors. They were working on a measure late Thursday night. The Republican-controlled Kansas House voted 76-46 to approve a“parental rights” measure that would allow a parent to pla...
Pittsburg itself has a dearth of providers for contraception and other sexual health services, Wales said, but it has the “added benefit of being so closely located to neighboring states.” The Pittsburg facility will later provide gender-affirming services as...