
Ohio Senate overrides governor veto of trans care, sports ban HB 86
ABC News
The Ohio Senate voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto against Ohio House Bill 68, which restricts transgender medical care and transgender participation in sports.
The Ohio Senate has voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto against Ohio House Bill 68 in a 23-9 vote. This bill would ban transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming medical care and prevent transgender girls from taking part in girls' and women's sports.
The Ohio House voted to override the veto on Jan. 10.
The bill restricts the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgeries for transgender youth. The bill does not restrict the use of this care on non-transgender youth, and specifically includes an exception for intersex youth with ambiguous or abnormal sex characteristics.
A grandfather clause allows transgender people already receiving care to continue doing so.
Physicians have told ABC News that doctors, families and patients often have many long conversations together to consider age-appropriate individualized approaches to care. This often begins with mental health care, they say.












