The Kansas Housevoted 70-52to passa billrequiring 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 care as vital for preservation of mental health and to prevent suicide...
Republican lawmakers in Kansas also are pursuing a bill aimed at stopping gender-affirming care for minors, something at least 11 states have done. Article content Article content The governor promised LGBTQ youth lobbying lawmakers last week that she would “protect your rights” and “veto any...
Last year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent requests to at least two medical providers that don’t operate in his state for information about providing gender-affirming care as part of an investigation, though it’s not clear what Texas law would cover them. Washin...
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pre-filed bills, including one seeking to criminalize gender-conforming treatments by medical professionals (2023SB12). The session itself was filled with hateful legislation towards minorities of all types, with special emphasis against gender-affirming attitudes, treatments, and education. The culture...
"We applaud the Kansas Supreme Court's decision today affirming every Kansans' right to a safe, legal abortion." State Senate President Susan Wagle, a Republican, called it a "sad day in Kansas" and said the "liberal, activist Supreme Court showed just how out of touch t...
Kelly vetoeda proposed ban on transgender athletesin girls' and women's sports this year for the third year in a row. Republican lawmakers in Kansas also are pursuing a bill aimed at stopping gender-affirming care for minors, something at least 11 states have done. ...
HB 1254 would criminalize gender-affirming care via an emergency declaration. HB 1333 would prohibit an "adult-oriented performance" in a public place. HB 1473 would restrict bathrooms and locker rooms based on biological sex. HB 1474 would define male and female as stated in other laws. "'...
Kelly’s veto came a day after Kentucky’s Republican-dominated legislature approved a ban on gender-affirming care for minors and Iowa’s GOP-controlled Legislature approved a bill on school bathrooms. In defending the legislation, Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins, a Wichita Republi...
At least 14 states — but not Kansas— have restricted or banned gender-affirming care for minors. The new Kansas bathroom law borrows language — and a title — from three national groups’ anti-trans “Women’s Bill of Rights.” One of those groups, Independent Women’s Voice, said ...