Kansas' Democratic governor on Tuesday vetoed a proposed Republican-backed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The GOP-controlled Legislature's members had expected Gov. Laura Kelly's action because she vetoed two similar bills previously.

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

Republicans currently have enough votes to override Gov. Laura Kelly's veto and ban gender-affirming health care for minors. But Democrats and the ACLU says it violates Kansans' constitutional rights.

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

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 vetoed Republican-led legislation Tuesday that attempts to ban gender-affirming care for minors, a move a top GOP lawmaker called “reckless and senseless.”

Kansas’s Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a proposal to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth for the third consecutive year, setting up another battle with the state’s

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,