#Moe v. Yost

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Ryan Adamczeski at The Advocate:

An Ohio judge has upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, as well as its ban on trans girls and women in women's sports. Two families of young trans people filed a lawsuit against the state's law in March after Ohio lawmakers passed the legislation in January by overriding Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto. The families argued that the law violates the Ohio Constitution because it deals with more than one subject — sports and health care — which goes against the single-subject rule. While the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas temporarily ruled in favor of the families in April, Franklin County Judge Michael J. Holbrook overturned its decision Tuesday, allowing the state's law to go into effect. Patients under 18 can no longer receive gender-affirming care, save for an exception allowing those already on the treatment to continue.

Holbrook wrote in his ruling that those “dissatisfied with the General Assembly’s determinations" must settle their grievances "through their vote as opposed to the judicial system.” “This is a devastating result for our clients and families like theirs across the state of Ohio," Harper Seldin, senior staff attorney at American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement. "HB 68’s ban on medical treatments for gender dysphoria remains medically baseless and genuinely dangerous to the current and future well-being of transgender youth in the state. We are particularly appalled the court claims the ‘regulation of transgender individuals’ is a legitimate subject for the legislature under the state constitution."

In Moe v. Yost, Judge Michael Holbrook laws Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban for trans minors and trans women in women’s sports ban combo law (HB68) to take effect.

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LGBTQ Nation: Ohio judge upholds state ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors

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Trudy Ring at The Advocate:

A court in Ohio has granted a temporary restraining order keeping the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth as well as its ban on trans girls and women in female school sports from going into effect. The order, issued Tuesday by the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, lasts for 14 days or until the hearing of the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, whichever is sooner. The law, House Bill 68, was originally set to take effect April 24. A lawsuit filed in March by two young trans people and their families argues that the law violates the Ohio Constitution because it deals with more than one subject — the health care and sports bans are contained in the same legislation. Ohio lawmakers passed it in January by overriding Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto. “The combination of these two unrelated acts is unconstitutional because it violates the single-subject rule,” the lawsuit says. “Worse, the General Assembly ignored the pleas of the families that the Health Care Ban targets, who seek nothing more than freedom from government interference in their health care decision-making. It also ignored the widespread opposition of medical professionals who informed the General Assembly that the Ban would prohibit a critically important treatment — in fact, the only evidence-based treatment — for gender dysphoria in adolescents.”

In Moe v. Yost, an Ohio court temporarily halts gender-affirming care ban for trans youth bill HB68 from taking effect.