The Kansas Legislature moved to outlaw “transgender” medical interventions for minors when it voted to override Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the Help Not Harm Act on Feb. 18.
The Republican-led House voted 85-34 along party lines to override the governor’s veto, and the Senate sent the bill through 31-9, also along party lines, with only Republicans voting to override.
“Today, a supermajority of the Kansas Senate declared that Kansas is no longer a sanctuary state for the maiming and sterilization of minors,” Republican Senate President Ty Masterson said in a statement following the vote. “This action is also consistent with President Trump’s executive order to stop these barbaric procedures nationwide.”
Senate Bill 63, known as the Help Not Harm Act, prohibits health care providers from treating a child whose gender identity is…
