"Kansas Governor Vetoes Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Minors"

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers, and a "vague" bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion. The veto sets up confrontations with the Republican-supermajority Legislature, as the measures appeared to have enough support for overrides. Kelly allowed a GOP proposal on verifying adult visitors to pornography websites to become law without her signature. The rejected ban on gender-affirming care would have limited care for minors to therapy and faced criticism for trampling parental rights and targeting a small group.