COLUMBUS, Ohio — After a week’s worth of testimony in the trial that could determine the future of gender transition care for children in Ohio, attorneys for both sides are being given the weekend to put together their closing arguments.

What You Need To Know

  • The judge called the final witnesses for the SAFE Act trial on Friday

  • The trial has been going on since Monday morning 

  • The attorneys will present their closing arguments Monday and have until Wednesday for rebuttal 

Just days after a couple told the judge that their child benefited from gender transition care, the state turned to a teenager who says she regrets having a similar procedure.

Chloe Cole is a 19-year-old from California.

She started feeling uncomfortable with her gender at 12 years old. Eventually, she turned to puberty blockers and then had a double mastectomy to transition to a boy at 15 years old.

While she said it was a decision she felt good with at the time, she now say she regrets it.

“I remember the day that I got my stitches taken out, I almost threw up because with all the incisions they make,” Cole said. “Every time that I took off my shirt and looked down at my chest, I felt like a Frankenstein’s monster.”

Despite the surgery, Cole still identifies herself as a woman.

She said the procedure affected her mental health negatively and wants to reverse the surgery.

With witness testimony is complete, the judge has ordered the attorneys to file written closing arguments by the end of the day on Monday.

Then they’ll have until Wednesday to file rebuttals.

At this point, there’s no word as to when a ruling may come.

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