Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoes bills on gender-affirming care and abortion reporting
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a bill requiring more reporting from abortion providers, and a vague bill on coercing someone into having an abortion, setting up confrontations with the Republican-supermajority Legislature. The state constitution protects abortion rights and a recent vote affirmed that position. Kelly allowed a GOP proposal on verifying adult visitors to pornography websites to become law without her signature. The vetoed bill against gender-affirming care targeted a small group and trampled parental rights. Supporters argued it would protect children from possibly dangerous treatments, but health care groups recommend such care for transgender children.