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An Ohio judge temporarily blocked an impending law on Tuesday that would ban gender reassignment surgery and certain hormone therapy for minors.
The decision came weeks after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenged the Saving Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, or House Bill 68, on behalf of two transgender girls and their families, the Columbus Dispatch reported.
The measure prevents doctors from prescribing hormones, puberty blockers or gender reassignment surgery to patients under 18. It also bans transgender players from joining women’s sports teams in high school and college.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, in a statement following the decision, said, “This is just the first page of the book” and said he was “confident” the law would ultimately be upheld.
OHIO GOV. DEWINE DELIVERS CHILD-FOCUSED STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said he was “confident” the Saving Adolescents from Experimentation Act would ultimately be upheld. (ALLISON DINNER/AFP via Getty Images)
“We will fight vigorously to defend this properly enacted statute, which protects our children from irrevocable adult decisions,” he said.
Harper Seldin, staff attorney for the ACLU, praised the ruling, calling it “a victory for transgender Ohioans and their families.”
“Ohio’s ban is an openly discriminatory breach of the rights of transgender youth and their parents alike and presents a real danger to the same young people it claims to protect,” Selding said.
In Tuesday’s decision, Franklin County Judge Michael Holbrook indicated that the law could be tossed out because of a single-subject violation, the Dispatch reported.
WEST VIRGINIA AG VOWS TO KEEP DEFENDING GIRLS’ SPORTS DESPITE COURT RULING AGAINST TRANSGENDER BAN
Demonstrators protest in support of rights for transgender youth. (Fox News )
“It is not lost upon this Court that the General Assembly was unable to pass the (Saving Ohio Adolescents from Experimentation) portion of the Act…
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