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Emily Curiel\/The Kansas City Star\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(TOPEKA, Kan.) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed Senate Bill 63, which would have restricted gender-affirming care for transgender youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, the legislature should be focused on ways to help Kansans cope with rising prices,\u201d Kelly said in a statement emailed late Tuesday. \u201cThat is the most important issue for Kansans. That is where my focus is.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bill would bar health care providers from administering gender-affirming medical care \u2013 including puberty suppressants and hormone therapies \u2013 for someone under the age of 18, only for the purposes of gender transitioning. The ban would also apply to gender-affirming surgeries.<\/p>\n

\u201cInfringing on parental rights is not appropriate, nor is it a Kansas value,\u201d said Kelly in her veto message. \u201cAs I\u2019ve said before, it is not the job of politicians to stand between a parent and a child who needs medical care of any kind. This legislation will also drive families, businesses, and health care workers out of our state, stifling our economy and exacerbating our workforce shortage issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is\u00a0the third time<\/a>\u00a0Kelly has vetoed similar transgender youth care bills, but the bill may now have the support to pass.<\/p>\n

The bill passed the state legislature with flying colors \u2013 passing the House 83-35 and the Senate 32-8.<\/p>\n

In 2023, the attempt to override a past trans care ban veto lost in the House 82-43.<\/p>\n

State Republicans quickly denounced Kelly\u2019s veto.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe governor’s devotion to extreme left-wing ideology knows no bounds, vetoing a bipartisan bill that prevents the mutilation of minors,\u201d said State Sen. Ty Masterson in an online statement. \u201cThe Senate stands firmly on the side of protecting Kansas children and will swiftly override her veto before the ink from her pen is dry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Top national medical associations such as the American Medical Association, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and American Academy of Pediatrics and more than 20 others argue that gender-affirming care is safe, effective, beneficial, and medically necessary for transgender populations.<\/p>\n

Kelly joins governors past and present\u00a0in Ohio and Arkansas<\/a>\u00a0in vetoing bills that targeted gender-affirming youth care. However, both of their vetoes were overridden.<\/p>\n

Across the country, trans youth care restrictions have faced legal hurdles in their enforcement.<\/p>\n

The battle and debate has most recently made its way to the national stage, with the Supreme Court considering U.S. v. Skrmetti, which will decide if Tennessee\u2019s law banning some gender-affirming care for transgender minors violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Emily Curiel\/The Kansas City Star\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (TOPEKA, Kan.) — Kansas Gov. 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