California to ban state-sponsored travel to Ohio due to recent law allowing medical providers to deny care to - cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Starting this week, California will restrict state-funded travel to Ohio as a result of the provision on Ohio’s two-year budget passed July 1 that allows medical providers in the state to deny care to LGBTQ patients.

The ban begins Sept. 30, according to a news release from California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta.

“Blocking access to life-saving care is wrong. Period,” the news release says. “Whether it’s denying a prescription for medication that prevents the spread of HIV, refusing to provide gender-affirming care, or undermining a woman’s right to choose, [Ohio] HB 110 unnecessarily puts the health of Americans at risk.”

Ohio is the 18th state to be added to California’s list of restricted state-sponsored travel.

In July, when Gov. Mike DeWine was questioned by reporters about why he did not veto the care-denying provision from the two-year budget, he minimized the issue.

“People are not going to be discriminated against in regards to medical care,” DeWine said. “We have a vibrant medical care system in the state of Ohio. We have great doctors. We have great nurses. We have great systems.”

“This is not a problem, has not been a problem in the state of Ohio and I do not expect it to be a problem,” DeWine continued.

Ohio’s major associations representing hospitals, doctors and health-insurance providers, as well as LGBTQ rights groups, opposed the provision.

source: https://www.cleveland.com/open/2021/09/california-to-ban-state-sponsored-travel-to-ohio-due-to-recent-law-allowing-medical-providers-to-deny-care-to-lgbtq-ohioans.html

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