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Kansas Republicans overrode the governor's veto, enacting a law that allows for genital inspections [View all]
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen
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Kansas Republicans just overrode the Democratic governor’s veto, enacting a new law that allows for forced genital inspections of children to make sure they’re not transgender.
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Kansas Republicans just overrode the Democratic governor’s veto, enacting a new law that allows for forced genital inspections of children to make sure they’re not transgender.
https://lawrencekstimes.com/2023/04/05/ksleg-overrides-veto-trans-sports-ban/
TOPEKA — Transgender girls are now blocked from playing women’s sports from kindergarten through college, following the Legislature’s successful override of Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a transgender student athlete ban.
The veto was overridden Wednesday, with a 84-40 vote in the House and a 28-12 vote in the Senate. Both chambers barely met the two-thirds threshold to override the governor’s March veto, the third year in a row Kelly rejected the legislation. Kansas is now the 20th state to pass a transgender student athlete ban into law.
Kelly talked to reporters about the override at an unrelated event in Olathe.
“It sort of breaks my heart,” Kelly said. “It certainly is disappointing. I know that there’s some legislators for whom this was a very, very hard vote, and one that I think they will regret as they look back on their time in the Legislature.”
Kelly said it was tragic that lawmakers focused on the ban when there were so many ongoing education issues that needed attention.
“This is sort of a moral values vote,” Kelly said. “I think they voted against their own moral code and their own values. I think that’s going to be very tough for them long-term.”
The legislation requires children to participate in school activities based on the gender they were assigned at birth, from elementary school to college. Challenges could require them to undergo genital inspections, or require a birth certificate for proof of the child’s gender.
It is one of several pieces of legislation aimed at transgender youths across the state, including a proposed “women’s bill of rights” that would ban transgender women from female-designated spaces, and a bill that would block access to gender-affirming treatment for those under age 18.
The veto was overridden Wednesday, with a 84-40 vote in the House and a 28-12 vote in the Senate. Both chambers barely met the two-thirds threshold to override the governor’s March veto, the third year in a row Kelly rejected the legislation. Kansas is now the 20th state to pass a transgender student athlete ban into law.
Kelly talked to reporters about the override at an unrelated event in Olathe.
“It sort of breaks my heart,” Kelly said. “It certainly is disappointing. I know that there’s some legislators for whom this was a very, very hard vote, and one that I think they will regret as they look back on their time in the Legislature.”
Kelly said it was tragic that lawmakers focused on the ban when there were so many ongoing education issues that needed attention.
“This is sort of a moral values vote,” Kelly said. “I think they voted against their own moral code and their own values. I think that’s going to be very tough for them long-term.”
The legislation requires children to participate in school activities based on the gender they were assigned at birth, from elementary school to college. Challenges could require them to undergo genital inspections, or require a birth certificate for proof of the child’s gender.
It is one of several pieces of legislation aimed at transgender youths across the state, including a proposed “women’s bill of rights” that would ban transgender women from female-designated spaces, and a bill that would block access to gender-affirming treatment for those under age 18.
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