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As Pennsylvania Republican Bill Targeting Trans Girls Move Forward, a Simple Question Goes Unanswered

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A bill to ban transgender girls from playing girls sports is advancing in the state House. But as Transforming Health’s Brett Sholtis reports, its Republican supporters have few details on why it is necessary.

Read the full story at: https://www.witf.org/2022/03/29/as-pennsylvania-republican-bill-targeting-trans-girls-move-forward-a-simple-question-goes-unanswered/

(Original air-date: 3/30/22)

Brett Sholtis is a health reporter for WITF/Transforming Health. Sholtis is the 2021-2022 Reveal Benjamin von Sternenfels Rosenthal Grantee for Mental Health Investigative Journalism with the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. His award-winning work on problem areas in mental health policy and policing helped to get a woman moved from a county jail to a psychiatric facility. Sholtis is a University of Pittsburgh graduate and a Pennsylvania Army National Guard Kosovo campaign veteran.