Kansas’ Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed Republican legislation Tuesday that would protect children in the state from sex-change mutilations, suggesting in a statement that elective mastectomies for girls, penis removals for boys, and devastating puberty blockers somehow qualify as “medical care.”
“It is not the job of politicians to stand between a parent and a child who needs medical care of any kind,” wrote Kelly, who was endorsed by Planned Parenthood, the leading provider of sex-change hormones for young adults in the country as of August.
“It is disappointing that the Legislature continues to push for government interference in Kansans’ private medical decisions instead of focusing on issues that improve all Kansans’ lives,” wrote Kelly. “I hereby veto Senate Bill 63.”
The Democratic governor’s veto is purely symbolic because Republican lawmakers have the votes and the resolve to override her and make the Help Not Harm Act the law of the land, just as they overrode her veto on a bill keeping cross-dressing men out of women’s sports in 2023.
The Republican leadership in the state House said in a joint statement that Kelly “has chosen partisan politics over the safety and wellbeing of our Kansas children. House Republicans stand ready to override this reckless and senseless veto.” […]
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