Kansas Republicans on Tuesday passed a bill banning irreversible transgender medical procedures on minors, overriding a veto from Democratic Governor Laura Kelly.
Republicans voted 31-9 in the state Senate and 85-34 in the state House to pass the “Help Not Harm Act,” which blocks doctors from performing transgender surgeries on minors or putting them on cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers. The move comes after Republicans failed to override Kelly’s veto of a similar measure last year.
“Today, we sign the Help Not Harm Act in honor of the children who Governor Kelly failed to protect with her repeated vetoes of this sensible legislation,” Senate President Ty Masterson and House Speaker Dan Hawkins said in a joint statement. “With help from Kansas voters last fall, we were able to override her veto and protect Kansas children from these harmful, irreversible, and…
