Kentucky's Democrat governor says he doesn't support sex-change operations for minors

Kentucky Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear says he doesn't support "gender affirming care" for minors, saying those operations don't happen in Kentucky. 

Beshear said this in response to an ad from Kentucky GOP Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who is his opponent in the upcoming 2023 gubernatorial election. 

In an ad titled "Parents," Beshear said that Cameron's claims that he supports sex change operations for minors are not true.

"Andy Beshear has always been clear that he does not support gender reassignment surgery for minors – which doesn’t happen in Kentucky," Beshear's campaign manager, Eric Hyers, said in a statement, according to Fox News. 

"Daniel Cameron and his allies are pushing a blatantly false attack because they know they can’t win talking about Cameron’s record, which includes supporting cuts to teacher pensions and backing schemes to divert money out of our public schools," the statement continued.

Cameron's campaign team said that Beshear's statement was untrue.  

"Andy Beshear supports sex-change surgeries for kids because he vetoed the bill banning them in March," campaign worker and Republican Party of Kentucky spokesman Sean Southard said in a statement, according to Fox News.

"Now, in the heat of a campaign, Andy Beshear is misleading voters about his true beliefs. It’s a shame, and Kentuckians are smart enough to see through Andy Beshear’s lies," the statement continued.

A spokesperson for Beshear's campaign stated that his veto of that bill "was based on multiple concerns about the legislation, including mental health and parental rights, and not about the ban on child sex change surgeries," according to Fox News Digital.

Governor Beshear's veto was overridden by both Republican-controlled houses of the state legislature, and thus became law.