Jan 21 Ohio is poised to become 2nd state to restrict transgender health care for adults By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access to gender-affirming care provided by independent clinics and general practitioners, leaving thousands of adults scrambling for treatment and facing health risks. Continue reading
Jan 18 Transgender candidate facing disqualification in Ohio now cleared to run despite omitting deadname By Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press/Report For America A transgender candidate vying for a seat in the Republican-majority Ohio House is now cleared to run after her certification was called into question for omitting her former name on circulating petitions. Continue reading
Jan 11 Efforts to restrict transgender health care endure in 2024, with more adults targeted By Andrew DeMillo, Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press Advocates for transgender rights say most of the states inclined to pass gender-affirming care bans have done so. They now expect those states to build upon those restrictions and expand them to adults. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch 6:13 The increasing risk of criminal charges for women who experience a miscarriage By Layla Quran, Maea Lenei Buhre, Amna Nawaz An Ohio woman faces criminal charges after she had a miscarriage. Brittney Watts was 22 weeks pregnant, and her pregnancy had been deemed non-viable just days earlier, when she miscarried in the bathroom of her home. Two weeks later, she… Continue watching
Jan 04 A transgender candidate in Ohio was disqualified from the state ballot for omitting her former name By Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press/Report For America, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press Vanessa Joy had legally changed her name and her birth certificate prior to the campaign, but a 1990s state law says that a candidate must provide any name changes within the last five years to qualify for the ballot. Continue reading
Dec 29 Ohio governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors, trans athletes By Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press/Report For America The GOP-dominated Legislature has enough power to override DeWine’s veto, but if or when they would do so is not yet clear. Roughly 20 states have measures in place like the proposed legislation in Ohio. Continue reading
Dec 16 After judge blocked enforcement of Ohio’s abortion ban, state Supreme Court dismisses challenge to that order By Associated Press The ruling moves action in the case back to Hamilton County Common Pleas, where abortion clinics asked Judge Christian Jenkins this week to throw out the law following voters' decision to approve enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution. The… Continue reading
Dec 13 Ohio Senate clears ban on gender-affirming care for minors, transgender athletes in girls sports By Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press/Report For America It would drastically change the way LGBTQ youth live in the state, and has sent parents scrambling over the future of their transgender children. Continue reading
Dec 07 Adults can now legally possess and grow marijuana in Ohio — but there’s nowhere to buy it By Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press/Report For America, Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press Ohioans are waking up in a land of recreational marijuana limbo. Home growing and possession became legal for adults Thursday, but people still can't legally buy cannabis. Continue reading
Dec 04 Ohio Senate Republicans propose banning home grown marijuana and other changes to legal marijuana By Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press/Report For America Ohio state Senate Republicans are proposing vast changes to a recreational marijuana measure approved by voters last month. Continue reading