House Bill 68 bans gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.
Protesters advocating for transgender rights and healthcare stand outside of the Ohio Statehouse, on Jan. 24, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio., legislation in Ohio that bans gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, and also bans transgender girls from taking part in girls' and women's sports.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of two families who say their children are at risk of losing access to "critical, medically necessary" healthcare. They say the law violates four sections of the Ohio Constitution, including the Equal Protection clause, a provision that states that no bill shall contain more than one subject, and that no law or rule "shall prohibit the purchase or sale of Health Care or health insurance," as well as the Due Course of Law provision.
DeWine also expressed concern about the potential impact that banning transgender medical care could have on the small, vulnerable transgender population. DeWine stated in his veto announcement that "none of that I talked to talked about surgery" or sex changes for people under 18. The ban enacted as part of HB 68 would impact reversible puberty blockers and less-reversible hormone therapy treatments.
"If you don't know if something you're doing is going to hurt someone 10, 15, 20 years down the road – or maybe even one year down the road – don't do it," GOP state Sen. Terry Johnson, who is a retired physician, said in a Dec. 13 debate on the bill. "The medical evidence is not there to support what we're doing in the country."
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