Republican Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Friday that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors and transgender athletes’ participation in girls and women’s sports, in a break from members of his party who championed the legislation.
COLUMBUS Immediately following the passage of Issue 1 codifying reproductive rights in Ohio earlier this month, Republican Speaker of the State House of Representatives Jason Stephens declared that “the legislature has multiple paths that we will explore to continue to protect innocent life.
Grow up. Is that too much to ask of a slim Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives or a Republican super majority in the Ohio House? Arrested adolescence is not a preferred trait in vital positions of government leadership but is increasingly standard fare in GOP-controlled legislative branches on the federal and state level.