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Ohio top court may weigh Skrmetti ruling in challenge to state law

Ohio top court may weigh Skrmetti ruling in challenge to state law

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Ohio top court may weigh Skrmetti ruling in challenge to state law

There could be another court case involving an Ohio law that bans transgender surgery for minors.

The law is the SAFE Act, Saving Adolescents from Experimentation Act. It is currently on the books after legislators overcame a veto by Gov. Mike DeWine but is now being challenged in the courts.

Ohio state rep. Gary Click told American Family Radio the new law overcame Gov. DeWine’s veto only to be challenged by the liberal ACLU. Attorney General David Yost is defending it.

“We've had some ups and downs,” Click recalled. “It was overturned by the 10th Court of Appeals – they put a stay on it – and then the Supreme Court took the stay off. So now it is in effect and we are waiting to see if the Ohio Supreme Court actually takes up the case.”

Click, Rep. Gary Click

Ohio’s law is getting more attention after the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, upheld a similar Tennessee law in United States v. Skrmetti

The Skrmetti ruling affects similar state laws in 25 laws but, according to Rep. Click, the Ohio law is "slightly different.” That’s because the legal challenge is based on the Ohio Constitution and an Obamacare-related provision about guaranteeing access to health care. 

“This is not health care. This is superstition. It's not science,” Click told the “At the Core” program. 

As a result, Click feels "confident" that if the Ohio Supreme Court takes up this case, the state will prevail.

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