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Ohio Senate Votes to Ban Gender Procedures for Minors

The bill includes the ‘Saving Ohio Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act’ and the ‘Save Women’s Sports Act.’
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Ohio Senate Votes to Ban Gender Procedures for Minors
The Ohio House of Representatives passed a sports bill that would prohibit men and women from playing on sports teams that don't match their biological sex. The state Senate passed its version of the bill at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on Dec. 13. Photo courtesy of Ohio.Gov
T.J. Muscaro
T.J. Muscaro
12/13/2023|Updated: 12/14/2023
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The Ohio Senate on Dec. 13 approved legislation that bans gender-related reassignment procedures for minors, as well as preventing individuals who aren’t biological females from participating on girls’ and women’s sports teams.

After both sides of the argument were given more than an hour to make several speeches, the legislation was approved 24–8, as dissenters outside the chamber chanted: “Shame! Shame!”

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T.J. Muscaro
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T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.
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