And after yesterdays' good news from ND, here comes the Ohio gop to pick up stupid slack...

[irisblue]

Start---https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212975118

source--https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200211/ohio-bill-would-punish-doctors-who-help-transgender-kids-transition


snip--"..These are fear-mongering tactics to prevent youth from receiving the evidence-based care they so desperately need, and time and time again has proven to lead to positive emotional and psychological well-being for an under-served population,” Leibowitz said.

snip--"Republican Reps. Ron Hood of Ashville and Bill Dean of Xenia plan to introduce the “Protect Vulnerable Children Act” this week. The pair held a news conference Tuesday to discuss the bill.

Hood told the Cincinnati Enquirer that physicians could be charged with a third-degree felony for attempting therapeutic or surgical procedures intended to alter the gender of anyone younger than 18. Parents also could file civil lawsuits against doctors for the treatment.

“My No. 1 concern, by far and away, is the irreversible nature of these procedures,” Hood said. “These procedures – most of them – lead to sterilization. And these things are not reversible.”

Snips out of sequence & more at article.

[Ohiogal]

1. How often is this really done?

Are they trying to create a solution for a non existent problem like they so often do with vulnerable people they don’t like?

[irisblue]

2. It is a RW thing making the rounds

I think the ND guy got info from the cesspool of the fever dreams of Reddit, and it is making the rounds, Kentucky is doing something similiar