Kansas and Missouri bans may spur families to travel far out of state for gender-affirming care

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Kansas and Missouri bans may spur families to travel far out of state for gender-affirming care

If Kansas bans gender-affirming care for minors, Kansas City families with transgender children will be hundreds of miles from a doctor who could help them. Kansas lawmakers stand poised to follow a conservative playbook that 24 states, including Missouri, already have used to outlaw treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy. The Kansas Legislature passed a bill last week that would ban gender care for people younger than 18 and bar t…