Freeze on Transgender Care Ban for Ohio Minors Remains in Force

Ohio’s top court on Wednesday denied the state’s request to let it start enforcing a law that bans gender-affirming care for minors, limits transgender athletes’ participation in school sports, and protects parents’ rights to retain custody of their trans children.

The Ohio Supreme Court didn’t give any reason for its decision, from which Chief Justice Sharon L. Kennedy dissented in part without comment. State Attorney General Dave Yost (R) had asked the court for an emergency order directing Judge Michael J. Holbrook, of the Ohio Court of Common Pleas for Franklin County, to pause his April 16 decision putting the ...