Credit where
credit is due to a couple of Republicans.
Transgender youth in Kansas will continue to have access to gender transition surgery and hormone therapy after the Republican-controlled Legislature failed to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a ban on the care. The House on Monday voted 82-43 to override the veto, two votes short of what was necessary, after the Senate approved it 27-13 earlier in the day.
TOPEKA, Kan. -- A proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in Kansas died Monday when two Republicans switched their votes and prevented the Republican-controlled Legislature from overriding the Democratic governor's veto of the measure.
