The Republican legislators of the state of Kansas, in the United States, have approved this Thursday a measure that prohibits transgender people from using bathrooms that do not conform to their assigned gender at birth in places like gyms, gender violence centers or prisons.

The measure has been approved despite the governor’s veto, Democrat Laura Kelly, as conservatives have enough majorities in both state houses to overrule it. Kelly said she was “disappointed that some legislators want to force extremist laws that will hurt the economy” of the state and “tarnish” its reputation, in a message on Twitter after the vote.

Republicans defended the proposal, saying it protects women’s dignity, safety and privacy. The law, however, does not include mechanisms to enforce the ban, according to ‘The Washington Post’.

This newspaper recalls that more and more anti-trans laws are passed in states with a conservative majority: in the last three and a half months, 29 have been approved, already exceeding the total number of last year.

Many of these standards, such as those recently approved in Kentucky or Tennessee, prevent minors from accessing gender change treatments or using bathrooms of their choice in schools. The Kansas rule goes a step further by extending the ban on using bathrooms that do not conform to the gender assigned at birth to sensitive places, such as centers for victims of gender-based violence.