The Kansas City Star reports that on Friday, Kansas Governor Laura Kelley vetoed Senate Bill 160 which banned transgender women from competing in women's sports. The ban would have applied to interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural and club athletic teams or sports sponsored by a public elementary or secondary school or a postsecondary educational institution, and to teams that compete against these schools. In her veto message, Kelley said in part:
We all want a fair and safe place for our kids to play and compete. However, this bill didn’t come from the experts at our schools, our athletes, or the Kansas State High School Activities Association. It came from politicians trying to score political points.
