{"id":2234841,"date":"2024-05-01T17:56:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T21:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-ban-on-child-transgender-medicalization-fails-to-beat-veto-after-two-gop-lawmakers-flip-votes\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T17:59:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T21:59:33","slug":"kansas-ban-on-child-transgender-medicalization-fails-to-beat-veto-after-two-gop-lawmakers-flip-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-ban-on-child-transgender-medicalization-fails-to-beat-veto-after-two-gop-lawmakers-flip-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"Two GOP lawmakers\u2019 vote flip prevents Kansas ban on child transgender medicalization from overriding veto"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkansas-ban-on-child-transgender-medicalization-fails-to-beat-veto-after-two-gop-lawmakers-flip-votes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2234841&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200b Kansas legislature faced a failed \u200dattempt \u2064to \u2064override the governor\u2019s \u200bveto of\u200b a ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pop-star-lizzo-calls-texas-attempt-to-probe-transgender-medical-procedures-for-minors-child-abuse-stay-out-of-my-body\/\" title=\"Pop Star Lizzo Calls Texas' Attempt to Probe Transgender Medical Procedures for Minors 'Child Abuse': 'Stay Out of My Body'\">transgender medical procedures<\/a> for \u2064children. Two Republican lawmakers \u2063switched sides, blocking the bill that aimed to\u200c restrict puberty blockers, hormones, and gender surgeries for minors. Despite the state Senate&#8217;s successful vote to override the\u200d veto, the House fell short by just two\u2063 votes.\u200c Governor Laura Kelly&#8217;s veto \u200cwas celebrated as bipartisan support rejected the divisive\u2063 bill.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas<\/a> legislature failed to override the governor\u2019s veto of a ban on transgender medical procedures for children after two Republican lawmakers flipped their votes on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The failed bill would have banned puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender surgeries for minors.<\/p>\n<p>The state Senate successfully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/29\/politics\/kansas-gender-affirming-care-ban-veto-override-fails\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> 27-13 to override the governor\u2019s veto. However, the state House voted 82-43, just two votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to push the bill past the veto.<\/p>\n<p>Two Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/kslegislature.org\/li\/b2023_24\/measures\/vote_view\/je_20240429191258_506548\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">broke ranks<\/a> and voted with Democrats to tank the bill. State House Representatives Susan Concannon and Jesse Borjon voted against overriding the governor\u2019s veto even though both had previously voted in favor of the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hear of bullying and ask authorities to make it stop,\u201d Concannon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HiRN86RTFsw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> from the House floor. \u201cWe hear about mental health, about suicide, and ask why. We\u2019re not listening to the impacted youth. Government involvement is not the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI voted for this bill in the past due to concerns about the surgery,\u201d she continued. \u201cWith further consideration, this bill is vague beyond the surgery. These decisions belong between the team of professionals and the parents. The youth need our help, not government overreach. To all who have reached out, I hear you, and vote to sustain the governor\u2019s veto.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The other Republican who voted against the bill, Borjon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/politics-government\/article288108015.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> he \u201cstrongly supports\u201d prohibiting gender reassignment surgery and \u201climiting\u201d the use of hormone blockers, but that some parts of the bill \u201cgo too far in restricting mental and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-budget-breakdown-how-the-big-government-binge-overtaxes-overspends-and-overborrows\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Budget Breakdown: How The Big Government Binge Overtaxes, Overspends, And Overborrows\">behavioral health care<\/a> for children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>A Republican and physician who voted in favor, State Senator Mark Steffen, slammed the \u201cwoke health care system\u201d for encouraging children to obtain medical gender treatments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday I voted to protect our children from being mutilated,\u201d Steffen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/politics-government\/article288108015.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, vetoed the ban earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly celebrated the legislature\u2019s failure to override her veto in a statement Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am glad that bipartisan members of the legislature have stood firm in saying that divisive bills like House Substitute for Senate Bill 233 have no place in Kansas,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cThe legislature\u2019s decision to sustain my veto is a win for parental rights, Kansas families, and families looking to call our state home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the failed bill, children who were already on puberty blockers, estrogen, or testosterone would have been permitted to continue taking the drugs until the end of this year. However, their doctors would have had to come up with a plan to phase them off the drugs, as well as show that stopping the drugs immediately would endanger the child.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would also have allowed people to sue doctors over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washpost-the-transgender-industry-is-recklessly-endangering-kids\/\" title=\"WashPost: The Transgender Industry Is Recklessly Endangering Kids\">transgender medical treatments<\/a> for children. Doctors could also see their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-daniel-davidson-we-need-to-stop-calling-ourselves-conservatives\/\" title=\"John Daniel Davidson: We Need To Stop Calling Ourselves Conservatives\">medical licenses revoked<\/a> if they flouted the ban.<\/p>\n<p>The measure would also have prohibited using state funds like Medicaid to promote transgender medical treatments. State employees would also have been barred from using pronouns that did not match a child\u2019s biological sex.<\/p>\n<p>Two dozen states <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/politics-government\/article288108015.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have<\/a> laws or policies restricting transgender medical services for children.<\/p>\n<p>In Europe, the momentum is even greater against transgender drugs and procedures for children. England and several other countries have severely restricted medical gender transitions for children.<\/p>\n<p>Both puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones come with serious health risks. Puberty blockers can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/gender-dysphoria\/in-depth\/pubertal-blockers\/art-20459075\">affect<\/a> bone growth and density and cause sexual dysfunction, voice damage, and infertility, among other issues. Cross-sex hormones can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/transgender-young-people-in-u-s-have-nearly-doubled-recently-report-shows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cause<\/a> infertility, deadly blood clots, heart attacks, increased cancer risks of the breasts and ovaries, liver dysfunction, worsening psychological illness, and other serious conditions.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas legislature couldn&#8217;t overturn the governor&#8217;s veto on a ban of transgender medical treatments for kids as two GOP lawmakers changed their votes. The bill aimed to prohibit minors from accessing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender surgeries. The state Senate managed to vote 27-13 for the override, but the House fell short of the needed majority<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2234842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-906005704.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2234841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-906005704.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2234842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}