SELLOUT: Ohio Republican Governor Veteos Bill Banning Transgender Surgery For Children

Republican Governor of Ohio Mike DeWine struck down Ohio House Bill 68 which prevents doctors from prescribing “hormones, puberty blockers or gender reassignment surgery before patients turn 18.”

DeWine shared, “Were I to sign House Bill 68, or were House Bill 68 to become law, Ohio would be saying that the state, that the government knows better what is medically best for a child than the two people who love that child the most: their parents.”

The Bill also prevented males who identify as women from being allowed to compete against women in women’s athletic events in high school and college.

Citizen Free Press completely summed up in a post on X on how Republican voters in Ohio feel right now:

You live in Ohio. You vote a Republican majority into the legislature. You vote a Republican into the governor's mansion. You vote Republican expressly to stop transgender surgeries on 10 year olds and to stop boys dominating girls in sports.

And this is what you get. https://t.co/ZcawutJgAf

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 29, 2023

Here’s what Columbus Dispatch reported:

Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday struck down legislation that would have restricted the medical care of transgender minors and banned transgender girls from female sports.

House Bill 68, which cleared the House and Senate earlier this month, would have prevented doctors from prescribing hormones, puberty blockers or gender reassignment surgery before patients turn 18. It also would have prohibited transgender girls and women from playing on female sports teams in high school and college.

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“Were I to sign House Bill 68, or were House Bill 68 to become law, Ohio would be saying that the state, that the government knows better what is medically best for a child than the two people who love that child the most: their parents,” DeWine said.

DeWine’s decision came after he visited children’s hospitals, spoke with families and reviewed testimony for and against the legislation. He said his administration will draft rules to ban surgery for patients under 18, collect data on transgender medical care for adults and children, and restrict pop-up clinics that don’t provide adequate mental health counseling.

BREAKING: Ohio’s governor vetoes a bill that would have restricted both transition-related care for minors and transgender girls’ participation on school sports teams. https://t.co/sbHgfXLNji

— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 29, 2023

Thoughts on this BS DeWine just pulled?

Betting he'll never see another endorsement again!!! pic.twitter.com/w1dUGCIvuS

— SaltyGoat (@SaltyGoat17) December 29, 2023

Per CBS:

Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced Friday that he has vetoed a bill that would have banned medical practitioners from providing gender-affirming care for transgender minors, saying he believes gender-affirming care is a decision families should make, not the government.

The Republican governor said he arrived at his decision to veto House Bill 68, also called the SAFE Act, after listening to physicians and families in a “fact-gathering” mission. The bill passed both chambers of the Ohio Legislature earlier this month, and Friday was the final day DeWine could veto it. The bill also would have blocked transgender student athletes from playing in girls’ and women’s sports, both in K-12 schools and in colleges and universities.

“Were I to sign House Bill 68, or were House Bill 68 to become law, Ohio would be saying that the state, that the government, knows better what is best for a child than the two people who know that child the best — the parents,” DeWine said during his announcement.

“This is an issue that has people on both sides have great passion,” DeWine said. “The decisions that parents are making are not easy decisions. You know, they’re just not. What we find in life, sadly, is that many times we are making decisions and neither alternative is sort of what we’d want, but we have to make a decision. And I just felt that there’s no one better than the parents to make those decisions.”

Governor Mike DeWine has vetoed HB 68, a bill that would protect women's sports and prevent child mutilation. Fortunately, Ohio has the votes to override the veto. @GovMikeDeWine is a spineless coward that needs to be removed from office. pic.twitter.com/u4fGJiF8C0

— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) December 29, 2023