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 Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors. That could include puberty blockers, hormone treatment or gender-affirming surgeries for transgender youth.

Senate Bill 63, known to Republican supporters as the “Help Not Harm Act,” sought to ban gender affirming care for minors who suffer from gender dysphoria and would have allowed for civil action to be taken against healthcare workers who provided such care to young people under age 18. Kelly vetoed a similar bill last session.

Several Kansas Republican lawmakers called Gov. Laura Kelly’s decision overly partisan and vowed to override her veto of the measure that would prevent state funds from being used to

The Democratic governor in Kansas has vetoed a proposed Republican-backed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed Senate Bill 63 on Tuesday, a controversial piece of legislation that sought to ban gender-affirming medical treatments,

The governor of Kansas has again vetoed a bill that sought to end access to gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youngsters. Democrat Laura Kelly, who has vetoed similar bills twice, and often opposed anti-trans legislation,