Kansas GOP Fails To Override Veto Of Anti-Trans Bill

The Associated Press reports:

Republican legislators in Kansas failed Monday to override the Democratic governor’s veto of a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The vote was 82-43 in the state House to reverse Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto, but that was two votes shy of the necessary two-thirds majority.

The vote in the House was expected to be close after LGBTQ+ rights advocates raised questions about whether the provision against promoting social transitioning is written broadly enough to apply to public school teachers who show empathy for transgender students.

“Unfortunately, in today’s society, the predator in particular is a woke health care system,” said Republican state Sen. Mark Steffen, a central Kansas anesthesiologist and pain management specialist.

Read the full article. Steffan last appeared here for his bill that would end state reporting on contagious disease outbreaks. He appeared here in April 2023 for his ultimately failed bill to end requirements for all childhood vaccinations. In April 2023, he appeared here for a threatening letter ordering doctors to prescribe horse paste. In February 2023 he appeared here for sponsoring a bill to criminalize drag shows.

Backers of a ban on gender care for minors in Kansas fail to override the governor’s veto https://t.co/b2COYRHwjK

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 30, 2024

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