Activists for transgender rights gather in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
Deuteronomy 22:5 “A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God.
Important Takeaways:
- Kansas’s GOP legislature voted Tuesday to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors, becoming the 27th state to restrict access to treatment.
- Republicans, with supermajorities in both chambers, easily cleared the two-thirds majority threshold needed to override Kelly’s veto in a set of votes that caught some Democrats off-guard.
- State Senate Bill 63, which is set to take effect later this month, aims to broadly prevent health care professionals from providing gender-affirming medical care, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgery, to minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
- The measure slashes state support for transition-related care and puts doctors who continue providing it in jeopardy of losing their medical licenses.
- In a joint statement, Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson (R) and House Speaker Dan Hawkins (R) said they voted Tuesday “in honor of the children Governor Kelly failed to protect with her repeated vetoes of this sensible legislation.”
- Responding to the veto, Kelly said, “It is inappropriate that the Legislature dictate to parents how to best raise their children.”
- The legislature’s vote comes after President Trump signed an executive order to end federal support for gender-affirming care, which a federal judge blocked last week. The administration has broadly denied the existence of transgender people, removing transgender resources from government websites and declaring the U.S. recognizes only two sexes, male and female.
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