Kansas' Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a measure that would prohibit the provision of body-mutilating sex-change surgeries and hormone drugs to trans-identified minors.

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.

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.

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.

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill from the Legislature that would ban gender-affirming care for people under 18 years of age. The proposed bill would pre

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

Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (TOPEKA, Kan.) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed Senate Bill 63, which would have restricted gender-affirming care for transgender youth.