Originally published at National Catholic Register
The bill also prevents males from sharing overnight accommodations with females.
The Ohio Legislature approved a bill on Wednesday that would require students in public K-12 schools to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex rather than their subjective “gender identity.”
The 74-page S.B. 104 would “enact the Protect All Students Act regarding single-sex bathroom access in primary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education.”
The Protect All Students Act would require K-12 schools to designate all bathrooms and locker rooms that are accessible by multiple students to be exclusively for use by either male or female students.
The bill does not allow schools to “knowingly” permit students to use a bathroom designated for the opposite sex.
Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has previously indicated that he will sign the bill. DeWine declined to comment further until he reviewed the bill in its final form, the governor’s spokesman, Dan Tierney, told CNA.
The Republican-backed bill defines “biological sex” as “the biological indication of male and female … without regard to an individual’s psychological, chosen, or subjective experience of gender.” The bill points administrators to the individual’s birth record to prove biological sex.
The bill also prohibits multi-gender or
