Kansas has become the 27th state to impose significant limits on gender-affirming care for minors, with Republican lawmakers succeeding in overturning a veto from Democratic Governor Laura Kelly. The immediate effect of this new law includes banning puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming surgeries for transgender minors, requiring those currently undergoing treatment to discontinue by year-end. The law also restricts state professionals from facilitating such care, limits state funding, and paves the way for civil lawsuits against healthcare providers, which advocates believe will severely impact California families and healthcare access for transgender youth.
Kansas became the 27th state to impose limitations on gender-affirming care for minors, overturning the Democratic governor's veto and demanding immediate cessation of current treatments.
The law bans minors from receiving puberty blockers, hormone therapy, or gender-affirming surgeries; it restricts state employees from facilitating these treatments, blocking crucial care.
Families across Kansas are deeply affected; one mother shared the emotional pain of seeing the state attempt to erase her daughter's existence amid this legislative struggle.
Advocacy groups express heartbreak over the law, emphasizing the need for access to healthcare and the chaotic impact it'll have on Kansas transgender youth.
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