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National Review
National Review
24 Jan 2024
David Zimmermann


NextImg:Ohio Senate Overrides Governor’s Veto of Bill Banning Trans Medical Procedures for Minors, Restricting Sports Participation

The Ohio senate on Wednesday successfully overrode Governor Mike DeWine’s veto on a bill that bans transgender medical procedures for minors and restricts trans student-athlete participation in school sports. Ohio House Bill 68 will become law in 90 days.

The Republican state senate voted 23-9, two weeks after the state house voted 65-28 along party lines to override the governor’s veto. The Ohio legislature’s votes come after DeWine, a Republican, vetoed the bill late last month to kill both acts within the transgender-focused legislation.

The bill in question includes the “Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act” and “Save Women’s Sports Act,” each of which is dedicated to combatting the transgender ideology’s widespread application in Ohio.

At a press conference immediately following his veto on December 29, DeWine said neither the government nor the state of Ohio should restrict a minor’s access to transgender surgeries or hormone therapy. Rather, he said, the decision should be made by the child’s parents and doctors.

At the time, DeWine announced he would draft his own rules for such medical procedures moving forward: “I truly believe that we can address a number of goals in House Bill 68 by administrative rules that will have likely a better chance of surviving judicial review and being adopted.”

A week after making the decision, DeWine made due on his promise by issuing an “emergency” executive order that bars physicians from performing gender-transition surgeries, such as mastectomies and hysterectomies, on children in Ohio’s hospitals and health-care facilities.

“A week has gone by, and I still feel just as firmly as I did that day,” DeWine said at a press conference on January 5, while defending his decision to veto the broader ban. “I believe the parents, not the government, should be making these crucial decisions for their children.”