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All Sides with Ann Fisher - 3-29-2023 A - Three Ohio bills aimed at limiting rights of the transgender community
State lawmakers are working on three bills aimed at limiting the rights of members of the transgender community in Ohio.
One bill would ban gender-affirming care for minors.
Another is touted as a parents' bill of rights, requiring schools to inform parents about their students' health, well being and instructional materials with sexually explicit content.
Hearings continue Wednesday on a third measure that would limit the participation of transgender girls in high school and college sports.
The Ohio bills are part of a larger national landscape in which Republican state lawmakers have introduced more anti-trans bills in 2023 alone than in the previous five years.
We'll talk about the trend and how Ohio fits into it.
Guests:
David Rees, NBC4 reporter on Ohio LGBTQ community
Micah Mitchell, Policy Fellow at ACLU of Ohio
Sarah Perry, Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation
One bill would ban gender-affirming care for minors.
Another is touted as a parents' bill of rights, requiring schools to inform parents about their students' health, well being and instructional materials with sexually explicit content.
Hearings continue Wednesday on a third measure that would limit the participation of transgender girls in high school and college sports.
The Ohio bills are part of a larger national landscape in which Republican state lawmakers have introduced more anti-trans bills in 2023 alone than in the previous five years.
We'll talk about the trend and how Ohio fits into it.
Guests:
David Rees, NBC4 reporter on Ohio LGBTQ community
Micah Mitchell, Policy Fellow at ACLU of Ohio
Sarah Perry, Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation
March 29, 2023