An Ohio court ruled in favor of a law banning doctors from performing child sex change surgeries Tuesday.
Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael Holbrook vacated a restraining order that blocked the law banning sex change surgeries for minors and transgender individuals from playing in girl’s sports. Holbrook stated in the ruling that the ban does not violate section 1.21 of the state’s Constitution, also known as the Health Care Freedom Amendment, which “preserves the freedom to choose health care and health care coverage.”
“The Attorney General applauds the trial court’s decision,” Bethany McCorkle, Ohio Attorney General Communications Director said in a press release. “This case has always been about the legislature’s authority to enact a law to protect our children from making irreversible medical and surgical decisions about their bodies. The law doesn’t say ‘no’ forever; it simply says ‘not now’ while the child is still growing.”
