Ohio’s GOP-Controlled Senate Overrides Republican Governor’s Veto, Bans Gender-Affirming Care – By Samantha Hendrickson (AP News) / Jan 24, 2024
The new law bans gender-affirming surgeries and hormone therapies, and restricts mental health care for transgender individuals under 18.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has banned gender-affirming care for minors and restricted transgender women’s and girls’ participation on sports teams, a move that has families of transgender children scrambling over how best to care for them.
The Republican-dominated Senate voted Wednesday to override GOP Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto. The new law bans gender-affirming surgeries and hormone therapies, and restricts mental health care for transgender individuals under 18. The measure also bans transgender girls and women from girls and women’s sports teams at both the K-12 and collegiate level.
Officials expect the law to take effect in roughly 90 days. The Republican-majority House had voted to override the veto earlier this month.
Two of Kat Scaglione’s three children are transgender, and the Chagrin Falls artist is devastated by the new law.
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