Republicans seek to override Ohio governor’s veto of trans rights bill

Governor Mike DeWine said the law would signal ‘the government knows better what is medically best for a child than … parents’. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

A legislative showdown is brewing in Ohio after Governor Mike DeWine split from his party to veto a bill that would impose substantial new restrictions on the lives of trans children.

The bill, HB 68, prohibits doctors from providing gender-affirming care to trans youths. It also blocks transgender female student athletes from participating in girls’ sports.