Transgender bill overshadowing other health care efforts?

Transgender bill overshadowing other health care efforts?

Going into the 2023 legislative session, it was clear that health care costs would top the list of priorities for the General Assembly but the anti-transgender health care bill for minors appears to be overshadowing those efforts. While lawmakers have filed dozens of bills aiming to reduce health care costs — ranging from reforming prior authorizations and prescription rebates to expanding mental health care and more — none have attracted the sa…

Beshear vetoes controversial transgender health care bill - Winchester Sun

By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday vetoed a bill that would, among other things, ban gender-affirming care for Kentucky’s transgender minors. The legislation, Senate Bill 150, was passed by the Kentucky legislature in mid-March. Beshear’s veto was not surprising – in 2020 he became the first sitting Kentucky governor to attend an LGBTQ+ fairness rally. And, on the day the legislature passed Senate Bill 150, Beshe…

Beshear vetoes controversial transgender health care bill - Harlan Enterprise

By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday vetoed a bill that would, among other things, ban gender-affirming care for Kentucky’s transgender minors. The legislation, Senate Bill 150, was passed by the Kentucky legislature in mid-March. Beshear’s veto was not surprising – in 2020 he became the first sitting Kentucky governor to attend an LGBTQ+ fairness rally. And, on the day the legislature passed Senate Bill 150, Beshe…

Beshear vetoes controversial transgender health care bill

By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday vetoed a bill that would, among other things, ban gender-affirming care for Kentucky’s transgender minors. The legislation, Senate Bill 150, was passed by the Kentucky legislature in mid-March. Beshear’s veto was not surprising – in 2020 he became the first sitting Kentucky governor to attend an LGBTQ+ fairness rally. And, on the day the legislature passed Senate Bill 150, Beshe…

Beshear vetoes controversial transgender health care bill

By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday vetoed a bill that would, among other things, ban gender-affirming care for Kentucky’s transgender minors. The legislation, Senate Bill 150, was passed by the Kentucky legislature in mid-March. Beshear’s veto was not surprising – in 2020 he became the first sitting Kentucky governor to attend an LGBTQ+ fairness rally. And, on the day the legislature passed Senate Bill 150, Beshe…