Kansas Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto, Protects Women’s Privacy in Public Restrooms

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The Kansas Legislature recently overrode Governor Laura Kelly’s veto to pass a law protecting women and girls from having to share bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers with men in public buildings.

Kansas Senate Bill 244 requires public buildings—including schools and universities—to maintain single-sex private spaces “for use only by individuals of one sex.” The law also mandates that birth certificates and driver’s licenses designate gender based on biological sex, not subjective gender identity.

Kansas Governor Kelly vetoed the bill, claiming lawmakers should “stay out of the business of telling Kansans how to go to the bathroom.” But the Kansas Senate voted 31-9 and the House voted 87-37 to override her veto.

Alliance Defending Freedom praised the override, saying “Women and girls shouldn’t be forced to sacrifice their privacy and safety in the name of promoting gender ideology.” The legal group also noted how this law protects women and girls from having their privacy invaded by biological males.

Arkansas’ lawmakers have already enacted strong protections for physical privacy and safety in our state. Kansas joins a growing list of states that have considered similar measures. Arkansas families can be grateful that our state has been such a strong leader in this area.

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New York Hospital Stops Performing Sex-Change Surgeries on Kids

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A major New York City hospital announced last week it will stop performing sex-change surgeries on children.

In a statement, NYU Langone Health’s senior director said, “Given the recent departure of our medical director, coupled with the current regulatory environment, we made the difficult decision to discontinue our Transgender Youth Health Program.”

This is really good news. Public health experts and policymakers in the U.S., the U.K., Sweden, Finland, and other nations have found that science simply does not support giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to kids.

These drugs and procedures carry serious risks — including infertility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone density, and cardiovascular problems.

Pro-LGBT activists and medical organizations spent years citing each other’s work in a circular pattern to manufacture a fake consensus about performing sex-change procedures on kids.

Whistleblowers have testified about how they were rushed through gender transitions as children without understanding the procedures’ risks, consequences, or alternatives.

For the past 12 months, federal officials have worked to reverse course and protect children from these dangerous procedures.

Last year, President Trump issued an executive order prohibiting federal funding from being used for sex-change procedures on kids.

Over the summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a public inquiry into whether U.S. doctors and clinics may have deceived parents and children about the risks of these procedures. The U.S. Department of Justice also subpoenaed doctors and medical facilities involved in performing sex-change procedures on minors.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has discussed a series of regulatory actions to protect children from these procedures.

In September, the U.S. Department of Justice sent Congress the federal Victims of Chemical or Surgical Mutilation Act. The proposed federal law would generally prevent doctors, hospitals, and clinics from performing sex-change surgeries on children or giving them puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones.

In 2021, lawmakers in Arkansas passed the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act. This good law generally prohibits doctors from performing sex-change procedures on children or giving them puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.

The SAFE Act was upheld in federal court last year and is protecting children in Arkansas right now.

It’s good to see medical professionals finally taking steps to protect children from dangerous sex-change procedures. It represents what some have called “a refreshing return to sanity” when it comes to how we help children with gender dysphoria.

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Huge Legal Win for Detransitioner

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Detransitioner Chloe Cole and Alliance Defending Freedom’s Matt Sharp recently appeared on News Nation to discuss the first jury verdict to find medical malpractice for performing a sex-change surgery on a teenage girl struggling with gender dysphoria.

A New York jury awarded the plaintiff in the case $2 million in damages for the harm that was done to her.

As News Nation notes in the story, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons recently said it found “insufficient evidence” that the benefits of sex-change surgery outweigh the risks for children with gender dysphoria.

In 2021, lawmakers in Arkansas passed the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act — a good law generally prohibiting doctors from performing sex-change procedures on children.

The SAFE Act was upheld in federal court last year and is protecting children in Arkansas right now.

Arkansas has also enacted measures letting victims of sex-change procedures file malpractice lawsuits against those responsible.

You can watch News Nation‘s entire story here.

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