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Unlike in past years, Republicans currently have enough votes to override Gov. Laura Kelly's veto and ban gender-affirming health care for minors. But Democrats and the ACLU says it violates Kansans' constitutional rights.
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Senate Floor Leader Tony Luetkemeyer, R-Parkville, said that the legislation permanently barring transgender minors from accessing health care is a priority for the Republican caucus this year.
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Missouri lawmakers banned transgender student athletes from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity, and restricted transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming health care like hormone treatments. But the current laws expire in August 2027.
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Kansas Republicans are again attempting to prohibit gender-affirming health care for transgender teenagers.
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Big fights on issues like transgender health care access will be repeated again this session as Republicans lead with a stronger majority.
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The GOP has tried and failed to pass a ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments, as well as gender-affirming surgery, for children with gender dysphoria. But this year, Republicans have an even stronger majority in the Kansas Statehouse.
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After a judge last week upheld a 2023 state law banning some gender-affirming medical care for minors, Republican lawmakers signaled that they aren’t done pushing for laws restricting the rights of transgender Missourians.
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A 74-page ruling backs state’s argument defending law that has blocked transgender Missourians from accessing gender-affirming health care,
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A Missouri judge will rule this year on a controversial 2023 law that limits gender-affirming care. We’ll hear why more about why families sued over the restrictions, and why the state is defending it.
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With Donald Trump headed back to the White House, and Republicans cementing power in Missouri, transgender residents in Kansas City fear losing access to hormone treatments and living under an administration that campaigned on making them pariahs.
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If adopted by Missouri voters on Nov. 5, Amendment 3 would end the state's near-total abortion ban and would cement the right to reproductive freedom in the constitution. Opponents have criticized the ballot language for being too broad — and in some cases have spread misinformation about it.
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Recent polling by The Midwest Newsroom and Emerson College found that 56% of respondents considered the state’s current abortion ban to be too strict. But opponents of abortion rights argue that Amendment 3, the legalization ballot issue this November, would be too expansive.