Now in 2025, the Kansas Legislature has once again passed a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Opponents of the bill say it is unconstitutional. But Republicans who support the ban brush off ...

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 Republican ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas became the latest state to ban gender-affirming care for minors Tuesday after the Republican-controlled Legislature overrode the Democratic governor's veto of the measure.

After several years of failed attempts, Kansas Republican lawmakers mustered the votes necessary to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto and force a gender-affirming care ban for minors into law.

As promised, Kansas Republican lawmakers are renewing their effort to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youths. The House Health and Human Services Committee has a hearing scheduled for 1: ...

The renewed momentum behind their push comes as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs a challenge to state-level bans on gender-affirming care. In Washington, U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall plans to take the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld laws in roughly half the states that ban gender affirming medical care for transgender minors. The vote was 6-3, along ideological lines. The case was ...

A U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is leaving transgender children and their parents uncertain and anxious about its impact.

Now in 2025, the Kansas Legislature has once again passed a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Opponents of the bill say it is unconstitutional. But Republicans who support the ban brush off ...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks to reporters following a public event, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. She has vetoed a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for ...