Ava Sasani

Jan 10, 2024 | theguardian.com | Ava Sasani

Ohio lawmakers will return to the statehouse on Wednesday as house Republicans attempt to revive HB 68, a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for trans youth. The special session comes after Governor Mike DeWine surprised fellow Republicans by vetoing HB 68 late last month, a move celebrated by LGBTQ+ advocates and parents of transgender children in the state. “I believe the parents, not the government, should be making these crucial decisions for their children,” the governor said.

Jan 3, 2024 | theguardian.com | Ava Sasani

A legislative showdown is brewing in Ohio after Governor Mike DeWine split from his party to veto a bill that would impose substantial new restrictions on the lives of trans children. The bill, HB 68, prohibits doctors from providing gender-affirming care to trans youths. It also blocks transgender female student athletes from participating in girls’ sports.

Dec 14, 2023 | theguardian.com | Ava Sasani

The Ohio legislature has given its final approval to a bill that would impose substantial new restrictions on the lives of trans children. The bill, HB 68, prohibits doctors from providing gender-affirming care to trans youths. It also blocks transgender female student athletes from participating in girls’ sports. The chants of protesters who oppose HB 68 could be heard inside the senate chamber on Wednesday, growing louder when the Ohio lawmakers finally approved the bill by a vote of 24 to eight.

Dec 12, 2023 | theguardian.com | Ava Sasani

A Texas woman fled her home state to obtain an abortion after Texas’s top court ruled last week that she cannot terminate her non-viable pregnancy despite risks to her life and future fertility. What was the Kate Cox case out of Texas about? Earlier this month, Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two young children, sued to obtain an abortion after learning that her fetus has trisomy 18, a fatal chromosomal condition, as well as other health issues, including a spinal abnormality.

Dec 8, 2023 | theguardian.com | in Louisville |Ava Sasani

A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion bans that have taken hold in more than a dozen US states since Roe v Wade was overturned last year. The suit, filed in state court in Louisville, says Kentucky’s near-total prohibition against abortion violates the plaintiff’s rights to privacy and self-determination under the state constitution.