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.

  • @surewhynotlem
    20•10 months ago

    You think that an anti-trans bill represents the will of the people?

    You don’t think it’s simply the representatives of those people pandering to their donors and other party members?

    Curious take.

    • @captainlezbian
      12•10 months ago

      Yeah especially in a state that attempted to ban abortion immediately after we voted to enshrine it in our state constitution and is attempting to edit the marijuana legalization that we passed by ballot initiative.