共和党俄亥俄州州长迈克·德温签署了一项禁止学生变性上厕所的法律。
该法律要求该州的K-12学校以及学院和大学的学生使用与出生时指定的性别相符的洗手间或设施。
该法律指出，它无意阻止学校建造单人设施，也不禁止异性进入帮助他人。
据报道，俄亥俄州加入了至少14个其他州的行列，禁止变性人使用符合他们性别认同的卫生间给人权运动.
支持者称该禁令缓解了对学生隐私和保护的担忧。该法案的批评者说，它制造了对跨性别学生毫无根据的恐惧，反而可能将跨性别学生置于危险之中歧视或暴力。
DeWine的办公室此前拒绝了ABC新闻在法案签署前发表评论的请求。今年夏天，他告诉记者，他必须研究立法中的“特定语言”。
“我支持人们，孩子们，可以带着性别标签去洗手间，这样他们就能得到保护，但我必须看看具体的语言，”德温说告诉记者.
跨性别医疗保健、浴室准入、体育参与等一直是近年来全国共和党立法者的主要关注点——据跟踪，仅在2024年立法会议期间，这一浪潮就引发了数百项反性少数群体法案由美国公民自由联盟.
德温过去曾在跨性别问题上与州共和党议员唱反调。男性否决了一项跨性别青少年关爱禁令法案2023年12月，这将限制性别确认青春期阻滞剂，激素治疗或手术。
Ohio governor signs transgender bathroom ban for students
Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a transgender bathroom ban for students into law.
The law requires students in the state's K-12 schools, as well as colleges and universities, to use the restroom or facility that aligns with their sex assigned at birth.
The law notes it is not intended to prevent schools from building single-occupancy facilities and does not ban someone of the opposite gender from entering to help another person.
Ohio joins at least 14 other states in banning transgender people from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity, accordingto the Human Rights Campaign.
Supporters say the ban eases concerns about student's privacy and protection. Critics of the bill say it creates unfounded fears about transgender students and may insteadput trans students in dangerof discrimination or violence.
DeWine's office previously declined ABC News' request for comment ahead of the bill's signing. He told reporters this past summer that he has to look at "specific language" in the legislation.
"I'm for people, kids, to be able to go to the bathroom with the gender assignment so that they have that protection, but I'll have to look at the specific language," DeWinetold reporters.
Transgender health care, bathroom access, sports participation and more have been a key focus for Republican legislators nationwide in recent years -- a wave that has prompted hundreds of anti-LGBTQ bills in the 2024 legislative session alone, as trackedby the American Civil Liberties Union.
DeWine has gone against state Republican legislators on transgender issues in the past. Hevetoed a transgender youth care ban billin December 2023, which would have restricted gender-affirming puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgeries.
