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Bill restricting gender-affirming care passed in Kentucky

Bill restricting gender-affirming care passed in Kentucky

Sylvia Freire, Staff Reporter March 18, 2025

  The Kentucky General Assembly passed legislation prohibiting Medicaid from funding gender-affirming healthcare and bans hormonal treatment and gender reassignment for incarcerated people in Kentucky.  According...

Gov. Andy Beshear address a crowd of students on Tuesday, July, 2, 2024, at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Assistant Photo Editor

State bill proposes to ban Medicaid use for gender-affirming healthcare

Sylvia Freire, Staff Reporter March 12, 2025

An amended bill banning “conversion therapy” now also proposes outlawing the use of Medicaid for gender-affirming healthcare for transgender Kentuckians, according to the Courier Journal. On Wednesday,...

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