Kansas Senate advances bill that'd ban gender-affirming care for minors
The Kansas House and Senate were working on parallel bills and both had hearings on Tuesday. The Republican-sponsored bills would prohibit state funding to gender-affirming care and prohibit healthcare providers from providing care to children including surgery, hormones and puberty blockers.
Kansas House Republicans renew effort to ban gender-affirming care for minors
As promised, Kansas Republicans are trying again to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youths after last year's bill was vetoed.
Potential ban on gender-affirming care in Kansas sparked debate at latest hearing
Lawmakers in Kansas continue to discuss a potential ban on gender-affirming care for Kansans under 18, also know as the “Help Not Harm Act.”
Kansas lawmakers again to debate bill seeking to ban gender-affirming care for minors
TOPEKA, Kan. (KWCH)—Kansas lawmakers will once again debate a bill set to ban gender-affirming care for minors. The bill is similar to one Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed last year. Republicans came up one vote short of overriding that veto, although similar laws have been implemented across the U.S.
Kansas Senate easily adopts bill blocking gender-affirming health care for minors
Kansas Senate passes bill to ban gender-affirming health care for minors, but critics say politicians are inserting themselves in family medical decisions.
Kansas lawmakers kick off hearings on gender-affirming care ban
Kansas Republicans are renewing their push to ban gender-affirming care for minors, and plan to vote on moving it to the floor one day after hearings.
Kansas bill would ban gender-affirming care for children
Some Kansas lawmakers think they have the votes this year to ban gender-affirming care for young people. They have introduced Senate Bill 63, called the Help, Not Harm Act. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order against gender-affirming care,
Transgender Kansans urge lawmakers to reject bill banning gender-affirming care for youth
In packed hearings Tuesday at the Kansas Statehouse, lawmakers heard testimony on legislation that would bar doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy and other gender-affirming medical care to transgender minors.
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