Substitute House Bill 68 (HB68), also known as the Saving Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act and Save Women's Sports Act, and House Bill 8 (HB8), also known as the Parents’ Bill of Rights, are scheduled for a vote on the floor of the Ohio House of Representatives tomorrow—Wednesday, June 21—at 2:00 pm.

If passed into law, these CCV-backed bills would:

• Ban dangerous puberty-blocking drugs, wrong-sex hormones, and transgender surgeries on children.

• Preserve the integrity of women’s sports by protecting female athletes from having to compete against biological males.

• Recognize the fundamental right of parents to make decisions regarding their children’s upbringing, care, and education.   

• Require public schools to provide advance notification to parents about the teaching of sexual content to students. 

• Protect students from being encouraged by school counselors to “socially transition” to the opposite sex without their parents’ knowledge and require schools to notify parents if a student requests a change of gender recognition at school.

The SAFE Act—sponsored by Representative Gary Click (R-Vickery), the Save Women's Sports Act—sponsored by Representative Jena Powell (R-Arcanum) and amended into the SAFE Act, and the Parents’ Bill of Rights—sponsored by Representatives D.J. Swearingen (R-Huron) and Sara Carruthers (R-Hamilton), were voted out of committee last week.

Take Action: Contact Your Lawmakers

Contact your state lawmakers now and ask them to save our kids from this dangerous medical experimentation, preserve a level playing field for women, and uphold the rights of parents to direct the upbringing of their children. It only takes a minute but the impact is lasting.

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For more information, contact CCV at 513-733-5775 or contact@ccv.org. 

As Ohio’s largest Christian public policy organization, Center for Christian Virtue seeks the good of our neighbors by advocating for public policy that reflects the truth of the Gospel. 

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