Ohio is now the 18th state covered by California's travel ban restriction due to enacting anti-LGBTQ legislation. The prohibition on taxpayer-funded travel to the Buckeye State takes effect Thursday, September 30.
It is due to provisions of new legislation, House Bill 110, becoming law that allow for medical providers in the Midwest state to deny care to LGBTQ+ Americans, including Californians traveling in Ohio.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, whose office determines which states are placed on the state-funded travel restrictions list, made the announcement Friday. "Blocking access to life-saving care is wrong.