All Posts 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

Kansas lawmakers on Tuesday overrode Governor Laura Kelly's veto of a measure that bans gender-affirming care for minors in the state.

Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's first veto of 2025 is a bill from the Republican-led Legislature that would ban gender-affirming care for kids.

Kansas has become the 27th state to ban minors from undergoing body-mutilating sex-change surgeries after the Republican-controlled state legislature overrode a veto issued by Democrat Gov Laura

TOPEKA, Kan. (TNND) — The Kansas Legislature on Tuesday overrode a veto by Gov. Laura Kelly on a bill banning gender transition procedures in the state for people under 18.

Banning puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries has been a Republican priority for years, but they got enough support to overturn a veto.

Kansas has become the latest state to ban gender-affirming care for minors. The Republican-controlled Legislature voted Tuesday to override Democratic Gov.