DeWine, a Republican, announced his veto at a news conference on Friday morning. He said he visited several children's hospitals and spoke with parents and transgender children to help inform his decision.
"Parents have looked me in the eye and have told me, that but for this treatment, their child would be dead," DeWine told reporters. "Ultimately I think this is about protecting human life."
I read over the bill and the only thing I can guess is that there's screwy language dealing with how courts decide to give custody over kids. The first few lines are about how courts won't be able to deny things like parenting time or visitation based on a parent's (incorrect) decision to withhold medical care to their trans kids, even if transition is recommended by doctors. Yeah except that sounds like a complete bucket of worms to handle in family court. Like I could see a situation where one parent wants the kid to transition, the other parent doesn't, and then you've got a wacky family court battle that ends up getting national attention and then the supreme court gets involved.
Maybe the governor got cold feet about something like that happening? I don't know.