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Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of the bill, which also prohibited transgender girls and women from sports teams that correspond with their gender identity, is a rare move by a Republican governor.

Gov. Mike DeWine, who had vetoed a ban on gender transition care for minors just a week ago, issued an executive order that prohibits transition surgeries for all residents.

The governor signed a bill that prohibited the practice for children, making Wyoming the 24th state to have passed such a ban.

Conservative state governments are forbidding school districts from doing what the Department of Education says they must, under new Title IX regulations on students’ gender identity.

In an election year, efforts to pass limits on transgender rights have slowed in Republican-led legislatures.

Pope Francis, noted for his outreach to gay Catholics, has been described as using an offensive Italian expression for gay men twice in recent weeks.

Unlike in vitro fertilization, the procedure used by the Walzes does not involve freezing embryos, so it has not been targeted by anti-abortion leaders.

Sarah McBride, a Delaware state senator, is favored to win in November. She would become the first openly transgender member of Congress.