The ban on gender transition treatment for minors and trans children participating in girls’ sports will go into effect in April after Republicans in the Ohio Senate joined their House colleagues in overriding Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of House Bill 68. Individuals who will be impacted are now considering what will happen next.
According to Bruno, “Trans Ohio has been contacted by 68 people looking to travel and/or receive treatment in another state,” I believe they said. “This has a significant impact on our community.”
According to Bruno, Equality Ohio is “looking at all of our constitutional options” as it decides how to assist people with transgender children.
The group is also considering the gender-affirming treatment rules that DeWine proposed after vetoing HB 68. He has requested that state organizations gather and monitor information on the health care given to transgender kids in Ohio. However, activists expressed concern over a provision of the law that would mandate that transgender adults obtain thorough plans and approval from medical professionals prior to receiving treatment as well.
“The brutality of it is incredible,” according to Freda Levenson, the constitutional chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, it causes serious harm to transgender children. Levenson isn’t, however, stating whether her group will file a lawsuit.
Two politically conservative organizations praised the Senate’s decision. In a statement, the Center for Christian Virtue stated that HB 68 “protects women in K–12 and collegiate sports from being forced to compete against boys” and “prohibits the practice of risky and sterilizing trans healthcare on children.” Less than six trans athletes are thought to compete in Ohio’s women’s activities, and they are governed by the rules of the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
According to Ohio Right to Life, the law “will forbid doctors from prescribing cross-sex hormones or drugs to prevent puberty for the purpose of sex transition” and from performing experimental gender-reassignment surgery on minors. A year after vetoing HB 68, DeWine signed an executive order banning gender-affirming procedures on January 5. According to children’s hospitals, they weren’t taking place in Ohio.
