The Ohio Supreme Court has issued a ruling that allows the state to enforce a ban on transgender treatments for minors, including the use of cross-sex hormones.
A majority of justices on April 29 granted an emergency motion for a stay pending appeal, which enables enforcement of the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act.
The law, which took effect in 2024, prohibits doctors from performing gender reassignment surgeries on minors and prescribing children cross-sex hormones or puberty blockers “for the purpose of assisting the minor individual with gender transition.”
A judge previously upheld the law, describing it as “neither arbitrary nor unreasonable.” A state appeals court panel in March overturned that decision, concluding the law improperly interfered with the right of parents to decide on medical treatments for their children….