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What’s a woman? Check Kansas law.

Author:     BIANCA QUILANTAN
Source:     Politico
Publication Date:     04/28/2023 | 02:19 PM EDT
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Stephan:  

I don’t know how you find it, but I find the sheer nastiness of the Republican Party, particularly as it plays out at the state level, just stomach turning. This story about Kansas would, if I were a part of the LGBTQ community, cause me to move to a Blue state. In fact, I think the Republican nastiness has become one of the defining trends of American society today, and I think there is going to be considerable internal migration out of Red states by both heterosexual women, and LGBTQ folk, and the Red states are going to become increasingly ideological. 

Kansas state Reps. Michael Murphy (left) (R-Sylvia) and Kyle Hoffman (right) (R-Coldwater) confer during a House debate on overriding Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a transgender bathroom bill, Thursday, April 27, 2023. | John Hanna/AP Photo

The nation’s political strife over gender, sex, bathrooms and sports teams boiled over in Kansas Thursday as conservative lawmakers passed one of the broadest restrictions on transgender people in the country.

The Republican-controlled Legislature overrode a veto from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to define a “woman” in state law by a person’s reproductive biology at birth. It’s a move LGBTQ activists say will legally erase trans existence and will embolden conservative school districts to install stricter policies against already vulnerable students.

“I promised Kansans I’d govern from the middle of the road and that I’d serve as a check on legislation that is too extreme one way or the other,” Kelly tweeted after the override. “I’m disappointed some legislators are eager to force through extremist legislation that will hurt our economy and tarnish our reputation as the Free State.”

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