Gov. Mike DeWine is one of only a few Republican governors to veto a restriction on transition-related care for minors or a ban on trans student-athlete participation.

Gov. Mike DeWine is one of only a few Republican governors to veto a restriction on transition-related care for minors or a ban on trans student-athlete participation.

Ohio’s governor vetoed a bill Friday that would have restricted both transition-related care for minors and transgender girls’ participation on school sports teams.

Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto makes him one of only two Republican governors to veto a restriction on gender-affirming care, alongside Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson in 2021, and one of only three Republican governors to veto a trans athlete bill after Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb last year.

In a press conference on Friday following his veto, DeWine said the “gut-wrenching” decision about whether a minor should have access to gender-affirming care “should not be made by the government, should not be made by the state of Ohio,” rather it should be made by the child’s parents and doctors.

  • Flying Squid
    3•11 months ago

    Because it doesn’t fucking matter. How many trans kids are playing sports at all in Ohio? 3? 4?

    • @yuriy
      3•11 months ago

      But what about when they break a record? Do you not see how this will be the undoing of the american youth?

      If highschool sports aren’t perfectly up to my specific standards of fairness, then we have failed as a country. I’m pretty sure this is why we have school shootings.