"The Kansas constitution prohibits the Kansas legislature's targeting of transgender individuals for this discriminatory and dehumanizing treatment. The state supreme court declared in 2019 that the Kansas bill of rights confers and protects a right to bodily autonomy—a decision that protected abortion rights."
"The new law was enacted on 18 February when Republicans, who hold a supermajority in the legislature, overrode a veto by Democratic governor Laura Kelly. A 2023 state law, also enacted over Kelly's veto, defined male and female by a person's biological reproductive system at birth."
"The law enacted more recently calls for stiff fines for cities, counties, public schools and state agencies that don't restrict transgender people's use of facilities, as well as fines and criminal prosecutions for transgender people who violate it. People can also sue trans individuals over alleged violations."
Two transgender men filed a lawsuit challenging a Kansas law that invalidated approximately 1,700 driver's licenses and 1,800 birth certificates reflecting gender identities rather than sex assigned at birth. The law, enacted February 18 after Republican legislators overrode the governor's veto, also strengthened enforcement of a three-year-old policy restricting transgender people from using facilities matching their gender identities. The plaintiffs argue the measure violates Kansas constitutional protections for privacy, personal autonomy, and due process. They seek to block the law in Douglas County District Court. The legislation imposes significant penalties on municipalities and agencies failing to enforce restrictions, and allows private citizens to sue transgender individuals for violations.
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