Ohio Governor DeWine to Decide on Controversial SAFE Act

The bill, if signed, would prevent medical interventions for sex changes in minors and require parental consent for gender-related treatments.

Governor Mike DeWine of Ohio has until December 29 to sign or veto a bill that would prevent medical interventions for sex changes in minors and protect women's sports from male athletes.
The bill, known as the 'Saving Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act,' has been passed by both chambers of the Ohio legislature.
If DeWine neither signs nor vetoes the bill, it will automatically go into effect.
The SAFE Act would prevent physicians from performing sex-change surgeries on minors, prescribing cross-sex hormones or puberty blockers for gender transition, and would require parental consent for the diagnosis or treatment of a gender-related condition in a minor.
Opponents of the bill include parents of transgender children and LGBTQ+ activists, while supporters include conservative voters, faith groups, and victims of sex-change procedures.