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Ohio GOP passes bill aiming to root out ‘suspected’ transgender female athletes through genital inspection

News5 Cleveland – Ohio

Posted at 8:35 PM, Jun 02, 2022
and last updated 8:35 PM, Jun 02, 2022
 

COLUMBUS, Ohio — House Republican lawmakers in Ohio passed a bill at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday night that would ban transgender girls and women from participating in high school and college athletics. It also comes with a “verification process” of checking the genitals of those “accused” of being trans.

The ‘Save Women’s Sports Act,’ or House Bill 61, wasn’t supposed to be on the schedule for legislators originally. However, at the last minute, Republican representatives added the language to a completely different bill.

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