A Bad Game of Legal Twister Won’t Block Ohio’s SAFE Act

A state appellate court twisted itself into knots to prevent the state’s law restricting medicalized gender transition for minors.

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The Ohio House of Representatives Chamber as lawmakers are expected to vote on whether to override the governor’s veto of a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, January 10, 2024.

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In the 1960s, Milton Bradley created Twister, marketing it as the game “that ties you up in knots.” A large plastic mat was adorned with multicolored circles, and a spinner told each consecutive gamer where to place his or her arm or foot.

Many federal courts across the country seem eager to play that game in their haste to thwart many of President Trump’s Article II powers. But last Tuesday a state court joined the fun, when the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals held that Ohio’s law designed to protect minors from often irreversible chemical gender transition procedures violates the Ohio constitution.

Dave Yost

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Dave Yost

Dave Yost is senior counsel and vice president of policy innovation at Alliance Defending Freedom. He previously served as the attorney general of Ohio.

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