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Updated at 11:45 p.m. on Monday, April 29, 2024 TOPEKA — A proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in Kansas died Monday when t
Health insurance plans run by U.S. states must cover gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday.
Arguments about "costs" being too burdensome were soundly rejected by the court.
Republicans in the Kansas Senate have failed to override Democratic Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of major tax cuts…Kansas lawmakers also failed to override the governor's veto of a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors...and Kansas dairy farmers are trying to mitigate the spread of highly pathogenic bird flu in cattle. Those stories and more inside.
This is the first time an appeals court has decided whether state insurance exclusions of gender-affirming care are lawful.