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Iowa House advances bill redefining sex and gender identity
A three member Iowa House subcommittee led by Rep Steve Holt to consider a bill stripping gender identity from state law and redefining sex terms. The measure would require sex data in government records, bar birth certificate changes by transgender Iowans, and echoes Plessy v Ferguson logic while facing resistance from lawmakers and civil rights groups.
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Steve Holt
Denison
House
Judiciary Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
Plessy v. Ferguson
Iowa Capitol
Kim Reynolds
Iowa
Reynolds
Williams Institute
University of California-Los Angeles School of Law
Donald Trump
U.S
Pat Grassley
New Hartford
The
Gazette
Iowanson
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
Grassley
Statehouse Republicans
Iowa House Republican Caucus
Iowa House
University of Iowa Law
Leonard Sandler
Sandler
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Iowa City Human Rights Commission
Cedar Rapids
ACLU
Jesse Vroegh
Iowa Department of Corrections
Polk County
Mark Stringer
Stringer
Drake
Frank
United States
Capitol
Des Moines
Nick Rohlman
the Gazette