Ohio Governor Walks Back Health, Safety Protections on Transgender Industry

A Republican governor has weakened proposed health, safety, and ethical protections for Ohioans who identify as transgender, increasing the speed at which the transgender industry can begin cross-sex hormones or surgeries. His administration said it watered down the requirements based on “assurances” from the transgender industry that it already self-polices its own actions in an ethical manner. Yet the state is still being sued by the ACLU for protecting those under the age of 18 from transgender procedures.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) rolled back proposed regulations asking anyone struggling with gender dysphoria under the age of 21 to take six months of counseling before undergoing cross-sex hormone injections or undergoing transgender surgeries, such as a double mastectomy, orchiectomy, phalloplasty, or vaginoplasty. ---More...