The Republican governor of New Hampshire has vetoed bills designed to prevent trans-identified males from using women s restrooms and locker rooms and establish a process so parents can seek the

Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed seven New Hampshire bills, many intended to strengthen parental rights, bucking conservative wing of her party.

Ayotte rejected a “bathroom bill” and a proposal that critics said would create a statewide book-banning process for New Hampshire schools.

Ayotte vetoed House Bill 358 relating to vaccines, writing, "Childhood immunizations play an important role in preventing the resurgence and spread of previously deadly diseases."

Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed a bill that would have allowed the separation of bathrooms, locker rooms, sports and correctional facilities by biological sex, calling the Republican-led effort “overly broad and impractical to enforce.

The vetoed legislation would have rolled back anti-discrimination protections for transgender people in bathrooms, locker rooms, prisons, and sports.

Months of tense debate over so-called book bans in New Hampshire reached a boiling point Tuesday when Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed a Republican-backed bill.

Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed a bill that would have banned sexual materials, including books, from classrooms and libraries in New Hampshire’s public schools, thwarting an effort from Republicans to create stricter parental controls over the content available to children.

New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte vetoed seven Republican-backed bills on Tuesday, including a bill on book bans and religious exemptions for child vaccines.

New Hampshire Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte has gone against her party and vetoed two anti-LGBTQ+ bills and three other far-right ones. Ayotte vetoed the bills Tuesday, while signing 101 others into law.