Ohio Legislature Set To Protect Children and Override Governor

COLUMBUS, OH – After Governor Mike DeWine vetoed the “Saving Ohio Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act,” a combined child safety bill that bans medical mutilation on minors and blocks biological males from participating in female interscholastic sports, the Ohio legislature has indicated it will override the veto in a special session January 10.

Ohio legislators overwhelmingly passed HB 68, known as the SAFE Act, with a veto-proof majority in December 2023 to protect children in the state from the gender ideology agenda. The SAFE Act specifically bans physicians from administering mutilating puberty blockers, hormone treatments, and gender surgeries on children under 18. The bill was combined with the “Save Women’s Sports Act” to protect female sports by barring biological male athletes from competing on female sports teams in schools and in public and private colleges. The SAFE Act would also codify parental rights in the state by allowing parents to raise their children “in a manner consistent with the child’s biological sex” without interference from the courts.

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