Posted on 01/02/2024 9:48:28 AM PST by John Semmens
Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Oh) vetoed a bill that would have (1) limited minors access to sex change drugs and surgery and (2) barred males who identify as females from participating in women's and girls' sports. The Governor called his decision "gut-wrenching. I've spoken to families that have changed the sex of their children. Some were helped and some were hurt. With such varied results I don't think the government should intrude into what should be a private decision by the child's parents and doctors."
State Rep. Gary Click (R-Vickery) said "calling these procedures 'sex changes' is a fraud. No one's sex is changed by surgery or drugs. Children's bodies are being irreversibly mutilated to give a superficial appearance of the opposite sex. They will never be able to have children of their own and are likely to have life long health problems. Parents who subject their children to these fraudulent procedures are guilty of child abuse. Neither the parents nor the doctors will be the ones who suffer from the worst consequences of this fraud."
DeWine argued that "it was pointed out to me that initiating the sex change prior to puberty was essential for achieving the best outcome. Forcing children to wait until they are adults would likely lead to the type of grotesque outcome seen in assistant secretary for health Rachel Levine. Levine was an adult before making the transition to female. She would have been much more attractive today if her parents had made the decision to transition her when she was a young boy."
Former competitive swimmer Riley Gaines also criticized DeWine's veto, saying that "it unfairly allows males to continue to invade women's and girls' sports and locker rooms. Saying you identify as female doesn't make you a female. Fully intact grown men like Lia Thomas should not be allowed to push aside genuine females, take their roster spots, and championships. If these men really think they want to be like women the least they could do is have their 'junk' removed before they're allowed to compete with real women."
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Mike received over $40 thousand from hospitals recently according to reports. What a loser. Primary this clown out.
I read a report yesterday that said that the bill has enough support in the legislature to over-ride.
But if they do, the child mutilators will invoke that constitutional amendment they rammed past us just months ago.
You know, the one that they told us wouldn’t cover child mutilation?
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No you haven't Mike.
Mike DeWine and all other R-D politicians “assume the position” and “perform the acts” required for the campaign money.
In politics, nothing happens in a vacuum, particularly the one between his ears.
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