President Joe Biden has said he would veto the legislation if it reaches his desk.
The House is expected to vote Thursday on legislation that would ban transgender women and girls from competing in female school sports—a bill that is ultimately doomed in the Democratic-controlled Senate but furthers GOP attacks on transgender rights and gender-affirming care.
US Representative Greg Steube said Wednesday the bill “makes school sports less fair by singling out and banning transgender women and girls as young as kindergarten from participating on school sports teams,” calling it “both wrong and dangerous” to target transgender students who “already face widespread bullying and discrimination.
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