Ohio's GOP governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care and transgender athletes in girls' sports
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- Politician Portrayal
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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
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| "The measure would have prohibited Ohio minors from taking puberty blockers and undergoing other hormone therapies or receiving gender reassignment surgery that would further align them with their gender identity." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "First, he directed state agencies to begin the rule-making process for restricting gender-affirming surgeries to adults." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "The bill also would have required public K-12 schools and universities to designate separate teams for male and female sexes, and explicitly baed transgender girls and women from participating in sports that align with their gender identity." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaks during a news conference, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "At a news conference, DeWine said he is proposing a hybrid approach to gender-affirming care that he hopes can win the support of legislative Republicans -- who have the votes to override his veto, if they choose -- as well as serve as a national model to states, as gender-affirming care restrictions enacted across the country in recent years face lawsuits." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Those bans would be upended by a regulation proposed by President Joe Biden's administration that is set to be finalized early next year." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "DeWine said he agreed with the Legislature in a number of areas, launching a three-pronged approach to addressing key concerns surfaced by the legislative debate." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "They should not be made by the state of Ohio, DeWine said." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Statehouse Republicans, who passed the legislation earlier this month without Democratic support, hold enough seats to override DeWine's veto, but if or when they would do so was not immediately clear." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "DeWine vetoed a measure Friday that would have baed gender-affirming care for minors and transgender athletes' participation in girls and women's sports, in a break from members of his party who championed the legislation." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Friday that would have baed gender-affirming care for minors, casting the action out of step with many in his own party as thoughtful, limited and pro-life." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Ultimately, the bill would have baed gender-affirming care for a small number of Ohio children, but for those children who face gender dysphoria, and for their families, the consequences of this bill could not be more profound, DeWine said." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "DeWine said he does not see that position as inconsistent with his opposition to November's Issue 1, a successful abortion rights amendment whose backers similarly argued that government has no place in individuals' personal reproductive decisions." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "DeWine said he also agreed with the Legislature that comprehensive data on who is receiving gender-affirming care is lacking, making it difficult to understand the scope of the issue." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
54% : The measure would have prohibited Ohio minors from taking puberty blockers and undergoing other hormone therapies or receiving gender reassignment surgery that would further align them with their gender identity.54% : First, he directed state agencies to begin the rule-making process for restricting gender-affirming surgeries to adults.
50% : The bill also would have required public K-12 schools and universities to designate separate teams for male and female sexes, and explicitly banned transgender girls and women from participating in sports that align with their gender identity.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.