Kentucky Legislature passes bill including ban on gender-affirming procedures for minors

The Kentucky Legislature has passed a measure that includes a ban on state education agencies providing gender-affirming care for minors.

The bill states Kentucky's Board of Education and Department of Education shall not require nor recommend policies or procedures for the use of pronouns that do not match the student's gender on their original birth certificate, regardless of their pronoun preference, according to local NBC-TV affiliate Lex18.

The measure also outlaws surgical or non-surgical gender transition care. 

Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear is expected to veto the bill, but lawmakers will be able to override the veto.

The bill also states a healthcare provider cannot "alter the appearance of, or to validate a minor's perception of, the minor's sex, if that appearance or perception is inconsistent with the minor's sex.

More specifically, they cannot prescribe or administer a drug that delays or stops normal puberty nor can they perform sterilization surgery — including castration, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, penectomy and vasectomy.

However, the bill allows procedure for a minor born with a "medically verifiable disorder of sex development."

The bill also states students will not be allowed to use restrooms, locker rooms or shower rooms "reserved for students of a different biological sex," the TV station also reports.