Kansas Senate Democratic Leader Responds to Passage of Gender-Affirming Care Ban

Topeka, Kans. — Kansas Senate Democratic Leader Dinah Sykes released the following statement regarding passage of Senate Bill 233, the ban on gender-affirming care:

“The gender affirming care ban passed by Republican politicians on Wednesday places political gain at the expense of Kansas’s most vulnerable children. Access to gender affirming care is critical for transgender youth to live their lives fully. Their decision to ban medically necessary, safe, effective healthcare is going to cost Kansas kids their lives.”

“Time and time again, Kansans have made it very clear that they do not want politicians infringing on their right to determine what healthcare is best for them. Republican leadership never listened, and now Kansas children and parents will face the consequences.”

Senate Democrats voted unanimously against Senate Bill 233 and were joined in bipartisan opposition by two Republicans. 

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