Kansas Republicans pass bill banning irreversible transgender medical procedures on minors

Kansas Republicans voted 31-9 in the state Senate and 85-34 in the House to pass the “Help Not Harm Act’s” The law blocks doctors from performing transgender surgeries on minors or putting them on cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers.

The legislation includes an avenue for both minors and parents who were harmed by transgender procedures to bring civil action against a doctor who violates the law.