GOP Governor Caves to LGBT Mob: Vetoes Ban on Trans Athletes, Sex Hormones for Kids

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Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced Friday that he vetoed a bill that would have banned gender transition medical treatments for minors, such as puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy and surgery.

The legislation would have also barred boys claiming to be girls from competing in girls sports.

At a news conference from Columbus Friday, DeWine said he reached the decision to veto the SAFE Act after consulting with physicians and families in a “fact-gathering” mission, CBS News reported.

The bill passed the Ohio legislature earlier this month and had been sitting on DeWine’s desk for 11 days awaiting his signature.

Friday was the last day he could veto it before it became law.

“Were I to sign House Bill 68, or were House Bill 68 to become law, Ohio would be saying that the state, that the government, knows better what is best for a child than the two people who love that child the most — the parents,” DeWine said during his announcement.

“This bill would impact a very small number of Ohio’s children, but for those children who face gender dysphoria, and for their families, the consequences of this bill could not be more profound,” he explained.

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