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Kentucky GOP Resurrects, Passes Bill Banning Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth

BACK FROM THE DEAD

The Republican-led legislature resurrected a version of the proposal after it was assumed to be dead, sending it to Gov. Andy Beshear’s desk.

A protest against a Kentucky measure to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth
Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Kentucky’s Republican-led legislature on Thursday rammed through a measure to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth, sending it to Gov. Andy Beshear’s desk before a deadline that would have stripped it of the power to override his expected veto.

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