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Ohio's Republican governor vetoes trans care restriction and sports ban (www.nbcnews.com)

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Gov. Mike DeWine is one of only a handful of Republican governors to veto restrictions on transition-related care for minors or bans 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 then-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 news conference on Friday after 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.

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[-] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 46 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

As an Ohio native, DeWine is FAR more progressive than most of the republican party. Not that that's saying much. During Covid he actually listened to his Director of the Department of Health: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Acton#COVID-19_pandemic

In 2020, prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, Acton advised Governor Mike DeWine, who became the first U.S. governor to close schools and limit gatherings to no more than 100 people, despite the fact that Ohio, at the time, had only three confirmed cases. Ohio was also the first state to temporarily close down bars and restaurants, when Ohio had fewer than 40 confirmed cases.

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

How long before the GOP remove him and replaces him with a nut job.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

3 what days weeks?

[-] GregTheWalrus@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

[-] bishoponarope@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Oh. Oh no.

[-] evidences@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

You would think that but the dude just won reelection in November 2022.

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