Kentucky governor vetoes 'worst in nation' anti-trans bill

Kentucky governor Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill that would have banned all gender-affirming care for trans youth. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Kentucky denounced Senate Bill 150 as the “the worst anti-trans bill in the nation” after the state’s legislature passed it on 16 March. On Friday (24 March), Democrat Beshear announced that he had vetoed the bill, which he told reporters on Thursday “tears away the freedom of parents to make important and difficult medical decisions for their kids.” He added: “It tears away the freedom...