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Ohio GOP lawmakers bully trans kids for Christmas, shedding themselves of any basic human decency [COMMENTARY]

By David DeWitt & Ohio Capital Journal ● Commentary ● December 16, 2023

‘Just before Christmas, DeWine will decide whether to be needlessly cruel, or whether to follow the best available science as well as basic human empathy and decency.’

From anti-trans bills to attacks on education, gerrymandered Ohio lawmakers push more extremist laws [COMMENTARY]

By Ohio Capital Journal ● Commentary ● November 22, 2023

‘Click’s crusade to let government overrule parental rights to determine what’s best for trans minors is no anomaly in this legislature.’

Would November’s abortion rights amendment limit parental rights in Ohio? Experts say no.

By Ohio Capital Journal ● Policy/Legislation ● August 16, 2023

A similar amendment in Michigan did not overturn parental consent, experts say the same would likely be true for Ohio.

Ohio AG on bathroom policies: Law does not protect ‘subjective preferences’ of trans people

By Ohio Capital Journal ● Transgender ● June 1, 2023

Even if sex-segregated bathroom policies deny transgender individuals the bathroom of their choice, Yost considers that denial “lawful.”

Ohio Right to Life makes spurious, anti-trans argument in favor of supermajority amendment

By Ohio Capital Journal ● Policy/Legislation ● April 3, 2023

Right to Life officials claim a reproductive rights amendment would allow youth to receive gender-affirming care without parental notification

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