Ohio Governor Veto of Anti-LGBTQ Bill Faces Potential Override

Despite the veto, GOP representatives schedule a session to begin an override effort, amidst a national trend of anti-LGBTQ legislation.

Republican Ohio Governor Mike DeWine vetoed House Bill 68, which sought to restrict healthcare access for transgender and gender expansive youth, including barring doctors from providing puberty blockers, hormones, and gender affirmation surgeries to patients under 18, and preventing transgender girls and women from playing on female sports teams in high school and college.
Despite the veto, Ohio GOP representatives have scheduled a session to begin an override effort, with the potential to garner the necessary three-fifths vote given the bill's previous supermajority support in the Ohio House and Senate.
Governor DeWine issued an executive order prohibiting hospitals from providing gender-affirmation surgeries to patients under 18, a move deemed unnecessary by advocates as no Ohio hospitals perform these procedures on minors.
House Bill 68 is part of a larger trend of anti-LGBTQ legislation across the United States, with the American Civil Liberties Union recording over 500 proposals and more than 80 passed laws targeting LGBTQ Americans in 2023.
Despite the rise in anti-LGBTQ legislation, there has also been an increase in laws supporting trans youth and adults, with 11 states and D.C. enacting 'shield' laws and policies providing protections to medical providers and parents who prescribe or seek access to medical care for trans minors.