{"id":167441,"date":"2023-06-25T22:10:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T03:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=167441"},"modified":"2023-06-25T22:10:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T03:10:50","slug":"klopfenstein-votes-in-favor-hb-8-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/06\/25\/klopfenstein-votes-in-favor-hb-8-68\/","title":{"rendered":"Klopfenstein votes in favor HB 8, 68"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; State Rep. Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) voted in favor of two pieces of legislation on the House floor, the Parents\u2019 Bill of Rights and the Ohio Saving Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Parents\u2019 Bill of Rights, House Bill 8, is legislation that will protect the ability and authority of parents to direct the upbringing, education, health care and mental health of their minor child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Roy-Klopfenstein-1-23-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162418\"\/><figcaption>Roy Klopfenstein<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cParents should have the option to review and determine if sensitive topics taught in the classroom are appropriate for their child,\u201d Klopfenstein stated. \u201cIt is important that we continue to keep parents informed about their child\u2019s education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SAFE Act, House Bill 68, prevents the use of puberty-blocking drugs and the performance of gender-reassignment surgeries on minors and includes the Save Women\u2019s Sports Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis measure puts safeguards in place to protect minors from making life-changing decisions without parental consent and mental health support,\u201d Klopfenstein said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill will allow Medicaid to cover mental health services for a minor\u2019s gender-related treatment and requires parental consent before a minor receives counseling on the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both pieces of legislation are before the Ohio Senate for further consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; State Rep. Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) voted in favor of two pieces of legislation on the House floor, the Parents\u2019 Bill of Rights and the Ohio Saving Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act. The Parents\u2019 Bill of Rights, House Bill 8, is legislation that will protect the ability and authority of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 20:57:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167442,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167441\/revisions\/167442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}