both called the examination provision unnecessary and unhelpful to their goal of preventing transgender women from playing women's sports.
"In fact, that was an error when it was in the amendments in the House," House Speaker Bob Cupp said Tuesday."So there's no objection, in fact, our members would encourage it to come out."House Bill 151 would still ban transgender girls from female sports What remains in HB 151 is a blanket ban on transgender girls playing on female sports teams in middle and high school but not in college. An earlier version of the bill included public and private universities, but that language was also stripped from the legislation Tuesday.
The Republican women who introduced these bills say transgender girls have certain biological advantages that make them faster, stronger, and more likely to beat their cisgender peers. "It’s just an issue of absolute fairness," Sen. Kristina Roegner told the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau
Use original birth certificate. Protect girls sports.
Crazy invasion of privacy. Young people should just move out of Ohio, because the Republicans won't stop trying.
Dear lord. What ever happened to a simple blood test?
It’s not a big deal. Why are Americans always so fussy over stupid things? It’s a sad necessity because of clowns who think they are the wrong gender.
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Internal? Thank God it was scapped. External is bad enough.
Ohio has gone insane.