DeWine, a Republican, announced his veto at a news conference on Friday morning. He said he visited several children's hospitals and spoke with parents and transgender children to help inform his decision.
"Parents have looked me in the eye and have told me, that but for this treatment, their child would be dead," DeWine told reporters. "Ultimately I think this is about protecting human life."
Important context, Mike Dewine is actually the size of a lil' marionette doll. The photographer didn't have much to work with here, even though DeWine was probably standing on a stack of phone books.