Kansas Gov. vetoes anti-trans bills ahead of potential overrides.

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Kansas Gov. vetoes anti-trans bills ahead of potential overrides.
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Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed a set of anti-transgender measures, including a ban on gender-affirming care for children and teens, but Republican lawmakers who pushed them appeared to have the votes to override most of her actions. The measures on bathrooms, jails and overnight school trips passed earlier this month with the two-thirds majorities needed to override a veto, and on April 5, lawmakers overrode Kelly’s March veto of a separate ban on female transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports.

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