Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed House Bill 68, which would have barred physicians from performing "Gender reassignment surgery" or prescribing "Cross-sex hormones" to minors.
When asked about the part of the bill dealing with women's sports, Gov. DeWine said, "I focused on the part of the bill that I thought affected the most people and did not even get to the other question." The governor declined to state whether he would have signed a bill dealing only with that issue.
In an interview released Wednesday, fitness expert and nutritionist Jillian Michaels spoke out in favor of protecting biologically based sports.
"Sports is biological. It just is."
Michaels lamented, "I support equal rights for all transgender people but sadly sports is biological, and biological males on hormone blockers or not, are still far stronger, taller, more muscle mass than a biological woman. And women are getting hurt and it's taking opportunities and money away from biological women. That's the truth."
His refusal to address issues facing female athletes is a sad reminder that women's sports are still under attack.
The governor's choice should be a simple one: recognize the biological differences between men and women, and protect children from all destructive attempts to damage their healthy bodies.
https://spectator.org/ohio-governor-vetoes-bill-to-protect-women-and-children/
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