Ohio governor signs order barring minors from gender-affirming surgery as veto override looms
1 year ago

Ohio governor signs order barring minors from gender-affirming surgery as veto override looms

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A week after vetoing legislation that would have banned all forms of gender-affirming care for minors in Ohio, Republican Gov. The bill passed by both chambers along party lines last year would have banned gender-affirming surgeries, as well as hormone therapies, and restricted mental health care for transgender individuals under 18. “This will ensure that surgeries of this type on minors can never happen in Ohio,” DeWine said in Friday’s press conference, adding that the executive order takes the issue “off the table” and provides clear guidelines. The departments filed proposed administrative rules Friday that would ensure both transgender children and adults are not receiving treatment from what he called “fly-by-night” clinics or providers outside of proper healthcare systems. As part of their care plan, transgender individuals also must provide “sufficient informed consent” for gender-affirming care after comprehensive and lengthy mental health counseling, under the rules.

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Bill on school bathroom use by transgender students clears Ohio Legislature and heads to governor
2 months ago

Bill on school bathroom use by transgender students clears Ohio Legislature and heads to governor

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved a ban on transgender students using bathrooms that fit their gender identities and sent the measure to Republican Gov. It requires the schools to designate separate bathrooms, locker rooms and overnight accommodations “for the exclusive use” of either males and females, based on one’s gender assigned at or near birth, in …

Judge upholds Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban; civil rights group vows immediate appeal
5 months, 1 week ago

Judge upholds Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban; civil rights group vows immediate appeal

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio law that limits gender-affirming health care for youth under 18 can go into effect, a county judge ruled Tuesday. Franklin County Judge Michael Holbrook, in upholding the law, wrote that the ban “reasonably limits parents’ rights to make decisions about their children’s medical care consistent with the state’s deeply rooted legitimate interest in the regulation …

Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state’s near-ban on abortion stand?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state’s near-ban on abortion stand?

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A county judge could rule as early as Monday on Ohio’s law banning virtually all abortions, a decision that will take into consideration the decision by voters to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution. A group of abortion clinics sought to overturn the law even before voters approved Issue 1, which gives every person in Ohio …

Lawsuit says Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban violates the state constitution
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Lawsuit says Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban violates the state constitution

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two families of transgender minors filed a constitutional challenge on Tuesday to an Ohio law that severely limits gender-affirming health care for youth under 18. We will fight in court to ensure that trans youth and their parents can access critically important, lifesaving healthcare without government intrusion.” DeWine vetoed the law Dec. 29, after touring the state …

Kansas is close to banning gender-affirming care for minors as GOP leaders seek the last vote
10 months ago

Kansas is close to banning gender-affirming care for minors as GOP leaders seek the last vote

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican legislators in Kansas are close to banning gender-affirming care for minors over the Democratic governor’s expected veto after winning over previously skeptical GOP colleagues, fueling fears that success will encourage further attempts to roll back transgender rights. Kansas lawmakers attempted to pass a ban last year, but GOP supporters in the Senate failed to override Kelly’s …

Ban on gender-affirming care for minors allowed to take effect in Indiana
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Ban on gender-affirming care for minors allowed to take effect in Indiana

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care to go into effect, removing a temporary injunction a judge issued last year. Hanlon’s order also blocked provisions that would prohibit Indiana doctors from communicating with out-of-state doctors about gender-affirming care for their patients younger than 18. Representatives from Indiana University Health Riley Children’s Hospital, the …

Ohio backs off proposed restrictions on gender-affirming care for adults
11 months, 1 week ago

Ohio backs off proposed restrictions on gender-affirming care for adults

Associated Press  

Mike DeWine’s administration on Wednesday backed off its plans to impose rules that advocates feared would have restricted gender-affirming medical treatment for adults in a way no other state has. The rules proposed by two state departments would have required the psychiatrists, endocrinologists and medial ethicists to have roles in creating gender-affirming care plans for clinics and hospitals. The draft …

Ohio bans gender-affirming care for minors, overriding governor’s veto
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Ohio bans gender-affirming care for minors, overriding governor’s veto

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Ohio state Senate voted to override Republican Governor Mike …

Ohio bans gender-affirming care and restricts transgender athletes despite GOP governor’s veto
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Ohio bans gender-affirming care and restricts transgender athletes despite GOP governor’s veto

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio has banned gender-affirming care for minors and restricted transgender women’s and girls’ participation on sports teams, a move that has families of transgender children scrambling over how best to care for them. The new law bans gender-affirming surgeries and hormone therapies, and restricts mental health care for transgender individuals under 18. Sen. Kristina Roegner, a Republican …

Ohio is on the verge of becoming the 2nd state to restrict gender-affirming care for adults
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Ohio is on the verge of becoming the 2nd state to restrict gender-affirming care for adults

Associated Press  

Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access to gender-affirming care provided by independent clinics and general practitioners, leaving thousands of adults scrambling for treatment and facing health risks. “These are feelings related to being transgender that I have not felt in years, but now I’m thrown into feeling devastated about my experience as a …

Ohio is poised to become the 2nd state to restrict gender-affirming care for adults
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Ohio is poised to become the 2nd state to restrict gender-affirming care for adults

LA Times  

Ashton Colby, 31, fears that the clinic where he gets the testosterone he has taken since age 19 would no longer offer it under proposed rules that could push Ohio further than most other states in controlling gender-affirming care. Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access to gender-affirming care provided by independent clinics and …

Efforts to restrict transgender health care endure in 2024, with more adults targeted
1 year ago

Efforts to restrict transgender health care endure in 2024, with more adults targeted

Associated Press  

Republican-led state legislatures are considering a new round of bills restricting medical care for transgender youths — and in some cases, adults — returning to the issue the year after a wave of high-profile bills became law and sparked lawsuits. Last year’s limits included a Florida law that has made it nearly impossible for many transgender adults in the state …

Ohio House overrides Republican governor’s veto of ban on gender affirming care for minors
1 year ago

Ohio House overrides Republican governor’s veto of ban on gender affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Republican-dominated Ohio House voted Wednesday to override GOP Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of legislation banning gender-affirming care for minors and restricting transgender women’s and girls’ participation on sports teams, a move LGBTQ+ activists say would severely restrict the everyday lives of transgender youth in the state. The proposals include mandating a “contractual relationship” with medical care …

Ohio’s GOP governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care, transgender athletes in girls sports
1 year ago

Ohio’s GOP governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care, transgender athletes in girls sports

News 18  

COLUMBUS, Ohio: Republican Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Friday that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors and transgender athletes’ participation in girls and women’s sports, in a break from members of his party who championed the legislation. In a news conference Friday, DeWine said he had listened to people on both sides of the legislation who “truly believe …

Ohio’s GOP governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care and transgender athletes in girls’ sports
1 year ago

Ohio’s GOP governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care and transgender athletes in girls’ sports

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Friday that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors, casting the action out of step with many in his own party as thoughtful, limited and “pro-life.” He simultaneously announced plans to move to administratively ban transgender surgeries until a person is 18, and to position the state to better …

Ohio’s GOP governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care, transgender athletes in girls sports
1 year ago

Ohio’s GOP governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care, transgender athletes in girls sports

LA Times  

Mike DeWine speaks during a news conference Friday in Columbus. DeWine vetoed a measure that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors and transgender athletes’ participation in girls and women’s sports. Mike DeWine on Friday vetoed a measure that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors, casting the action, which was out of step with many in his own party, …

Judge Temporarily Blocks Idaho’s Ban On Transgender Youth Health Care
1 year ago

Judge Temporarily Blocks Idaho’s Ban On Transgender Youth Health Care

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A federal judge temporarily blocked the enforcement of an Idaho law banning transgender health care for minors on Wednesday, just days before it was set to go into effect. Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled Wednesday that the American Civil Liberties Union was right to ask for an injunction blocking the law until its lawsuit on behalf of …

Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment
1 year, 3 months ago

Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment

Associated Press  

— As Nebraska’s new law restricting gender-affirming care for minors goes into effect this weekend, families with transgender children and the doctors who treat them are steeling themselves for change. Only those minors who have shown “a long-lasting and intense pattern of gender nonconformity or gender dysphoria” would be allowed to start puberty blocking or hormone treatment, and only under …

Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors
1 year, 3 months ago

Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors

Associated Press  

— A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors is temporarily blocked, a state judge ruled Wednesday, just four days before it was to take effect. District Court Judge Jason Marks agreed with transgender youth, their families and health care providers that the law passed by the 2023 Montana Legislature is likely unconstitutional and would harm the mental …

Missouri law banning minors from beginning gender-affirming treatments takes effect
1 year, 4 months ago

Missouri law banning minors from beginning gender-affirming treatments takes effect

Associated Press  

— Two new laws restricting the access of transgender youth in Missouri to gender-affirming health care and school sports took effect Monday. LGBTQ+ advocates who sued to overturn the health care law were dealt a blow last week when a judge allowed the law to take effect as the court challenge plays out. HEALTH CARE The health care law prohibits …

Missouri law banning minors from beginning gender-affirming treatments takes effect
1 year, 4 months ago

Missouri law banning minors from beginning gender-affirming treatments takes effect

The Independent  

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Court battle begins over Missouri's ban on gender-affirming health care for minors
1 year, 4 months ago

Court battle begins over Missouri's ban on gender-affirming health care for minors

The Independent  

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Ohio House passes bans on transgender student athletes and gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 6 months ago

Ohio House passes bans on transgender student athletes and gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Minors in Ohio would be prohibited from receiving gender-affirming care and transgender student-athletes would be banned from participating in girls’ and women’s sports under a multifaceted proposal that cleared the state’s Republican-dominated House on Wednesday. These aren’t the first attempts at such proposals by Ohio’s Legislature — a gender-affirming care ban, which “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider testified …

Federal judge blocks much of Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 6 months ago

Federal judge blocks much of Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — A federal judge issued an order Friday stopping an Indiana ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors from taking effect as scheduled July 1. Indiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature approved the ban after contentious hearings that primarily featured testimony from vocal opponents, with many arguing the gender-affirming care lessened the risk of depression and suicide among transgender youth. …

Federal judge hears bid to block Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 7 months ago

Federal judge hears bid to block Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Legislature trampled upon the rights of young transgender patients and their parents with a new law aiming to ban them from accessing puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries, an attorney told a federal judge Wednesday. The lawsuit says the ban violates the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection guarantees as well as federal laws regarding essential medical services, and …

Nebraska governor signs 12-week abortion ban, limits on gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 7 months ago

Nebraska governor signs 12-week abortion ban, limits on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

— Republican Nebraska Gov. “Just as we have seen in other states, these bans will result in significant harm, most intensely hurting already vulnerable communities.” Nebraska had not passed a new abortion ban since 2010, when it became the first state to limit the procedure at around 20 weeks of pregnancy. Planned Parenthood, which operates two of Nebraska’s three abortion …

Nebraska governor to sign 12-week abortion ban, limits on gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 7 months ago

Nebraska governor to sign 12-week abortion ban, limits on gender-affirming care for minors

The Independent  

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Oklahoma agrees to not enforce gender-affirming care ban while temporary order sought
1 year, 7 months ago

Oklahoma agrees to not enforce gender-affirming care ban while temporary order sought

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma agreed on Thursday to not enforce its ban on gender-affirming medical care for young transgender people while opponents of the law seek a temporary court order blocking it. “We expect all state officials to abide by this agreement while our motion is pending and stand ready to hold the state accountable and defend the rights of …

Transgender adults brace for treatment cutoffs in Missouri
1 year, 9 months ago

Transgender adults brace for treatment cutoffs in Missouri

Associated Press  

Ellie Bridgman spent her Thursday night shift at a local gas station in Union, Missouri, planning for the day she’ll lose access to gender-affirming treatments the transgender and nonbinary 23-year-old credits with making “life worth living.” A first-of-its-kind emergency rule introduced this week by Missouri’s Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey will impose numerous restrictions on both adults and children before …

Nebraska trans care ban for minors advances -- with a twist
1 year, 9 months ago

Nebraska trans care ban for minors advances -- with a twist

Associated Press  

— A bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors in Nebraska is one final step from passing after lawmakers advanced it Thursday, but not before a promise was made behind closed doors to hammer out a compromise between supporters and opponents of the bill before it’s passed. Sen. Brian Hardin of Gering said those urging lawmakers to follow accepted …

Iowa governor signs gender-affirming care ban, bathroom law
1 year, 9 months ago

Iowa governor signs gender-affirming care ban, bathroom law

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a pair of laws restricting the bathrooms transgender students can use and banning gender-affirming medical care amid a flood of legislation nationwide targeting the trans community. So I just, I hope they know that.” Her endorsement of the laws, which took effect immediately, came just one day after Arkansas’s governor …

Debate on Nebraska gender-affirming care bill gets combative
1 year, 9 months ago

Debate on Nebraska gender-affirming care bill gets combative

Associated Press  

— Debate that began Tuesday on a Nebraska bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors, which led one lawmaker to stage an epic weekslong filibuster, quickly grew contentious, with supporters and opponents angrily voicing their frustration and admonishing each other for a lack of collegiality. The bill introduced by Republican Sen. Kathleen Kauth, a freshman lawmaker in the officially-nonpartisan state …

Kentucky lawmakers pass ban on youth gender-affirming care
1 year, 9 months ago

Kentucky lawmakers pass ban on youth gender-affirming care

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky passed a measure Thursday to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors, completing whirlwind voting on a repackaged proposal that triggered outrage and tears among opponents unable to stop the sweeping policymaking on a culture wars issue. Republican House Speaker Pro Tempore David Meade, in presenting the revived bill in committee, said: “Our job …

Indiana Senate joins states trying to limit transgender care
1 year, 10 months ago

Indiana Senate joins states trying to limit transgender care

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Republican state Senators voted Tuesday to advance a ban on all gender-affirming care for those under 18, the latest in this year’s movement by conservative states aiming to limit the rights of transgender youth. “A child cannot understand the weight and permanency of these decisions,” said the bill’s author, Republican Sen. Tyler Johnson, an emergency medicine physician …

Indiana lawmakers advance ban on all gender-affirming care
1 year, 10 months ago

Indiana lawmakers advance ban on all gender-affirming care

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Krisztina and Ken Inskeep’s son came out as transgender when he was a teenager, a transition they told an Indiana Senate public health committee on Wednesday that offered a remedy to years of his mental health struggles. Still, an Indiana Senate bill that the couple called “cruel and arrogant” — banning gender-affirming transition treatments for those 18 and …

Judge temporarily blocks Ohio telemedicine abortion ban
3 years, 9 months ago

Judge temporarily blocks Ohio telemedicine abortion ban

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A judge has temporarily blocked an Ohio ban on the use of telemedicine for medication abortions as a suit challenging the law’s constitutionality proceeds. The judge’s latest decision means the telemedicine abortion ban will not take effect as scheduled on Monday. Ohio Right to Life President Mike Gonidakis said the court’s decision “puts women and babies at …

Governor suggests compromise possible on health order limits
3 years, 10 months ago

Governor suggests compromise possible on health order limits

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A compromise might be possible over legislative efforts to restrict Ohio’s public health orders in a pandemic, Gov. “The glass is about 95% full, and we should not fixate on the 5% or so that is not full.” On Wednesday, the GOP-controlled Senate approved a bill that would limit public health emergency orders to 90 days, and …

US judge blocks part of Ohio ban on abortion procedure
5 years, 8 months ago

US judge blocks part of Ohio ban on abortion procedure

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge blocked part of an Ohio law late Thursday that bans the abortion method of dilation and evacuation in most cases, adding to a list of restrictions on the procedure that are or soon could be in legal limbo. In Thursday’s ruling, Barrett agreed with Planned Parenthood the law is likely to be declared unconstitutional …

Kasich veto sets up Ohio showdown over abortion limit
6 years ago

Kasich veto sets up Ohio showdown over abortion limit

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio has moved again to impose some of the most far-reaching abortion restrictions in the nation, after Republican Gov. Ohio lawmakers return to Columbus on Thursday to consider overrides of several Kasich vetoes, although it’s unclear whether they’ll have enough votes to override the heartbeat bill veto. Janet Porter, president of Faith2Action and the heartbeat bill’s author, …

With new law, Ohio bans common abortion procedure
6 years ago

With new law, Ohio bans common abortion procedure

CNN  

CNN — A bill that would ban the most common abortion method used in the second trimester of pregnancy was signed into law Friday by Ohio Gov. Kasich, who has signed more than 20 laws restricting abortion access in his eight years in office, has “again let the people of Ohio down by using extreme legislation to turn medical decision-making …

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