In that week between Christmas and New Year's when nobody pays attention to such things, Ohio's Republican legislature sent their Republican Governor a bill outlawing gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The bill also bans transgender athletes from participating in school sports.
Governor Mike DeWine vetoed the bill, but kudos from the LGBTQ+ community were short-lived. DeWine issued instead an executive order instructing the Ohio departments of Health and of Mental Health to implement a 120-day ban on gender-affirming surgeries for minors and to require that an endocrinologist and psychiatrist must prepare a "detransition plan" before patients of any age can receive gender-affirming care.
As I’m sure the state of Ohio requires for all other forms of corrective surgery.
On January 10, the Ohio House overrode DeWine's veto anyway, and the state's Senate is likely to do the same when it convenes on January 24.
Well, you know what those Republicans always say. They're from the government, and they're here to help.
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