A controversial provision to require 'internal and external' exams to verify a student's sex before playing on K-12 sports teams in Ohio was scrapped Tuesday.
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
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