Surgeries for minors are rare and are generally not recommended by medical associations, most of which oppose broad bans on transition-related care.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced an executive order Friday that will immediately ban transition-related surgeries for minors in the state, about a week after vetoing a bill that would have banned all gender-affirming care for minors, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
“A week has gone by, and I still feel just as firmly as I did that day,” DeWine said at a news conference Friday, reaffirming his decision to veto the broader ban. “I believe the parents, not the government, should be making these crucial decisions for their children.”
DeWine’s executive order makes Ohio the second state to specifically ban transition-related surgeries for minors after Arizona passed such a law in 2022.
This isn’t a bad thing people…calm down and stop acting like Reddit.
Are we going to regulate by law medical treatment now? This is the party of “small government”??? More like party of “Culture warriors”.
But i guess they are going to continue cutting off parts of male infant genitalia…
Well sky daddy says to do that, so we must listen to sky daddy.
It’s worse because most of that in the US isn’t done in the name of religion but of tradition based on pseudoscience. There isn’t even an invisible man excuse.
Yes, let’s outlaw a thing that barely happens at all. Because that’s the most important issue that needs to be focused on.
What about intersex infants?
Imagine being born with ovaries but no vagina. Does that happen? I’m pretty sure the Republican plan for them would be to wait until they are dying of sepsis before taking the minimum necessary steps to keep them alive.
