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Texas Legislature Delivers Fatal Blow to "Bathroom Bill"

The proposed legislation failed following condemnation from civil rights groups and business leaders.

Texas Legislature Delivers Fatal Blow to "Bathroom Bill"

The Texas House adjourned a special legislative session yesterday without passing a bill that would have limited transgender people's access to bathrooms in schools and public buildings. The measure, until it died, had the support of Republican Governor Greg Abbott and the Senate, but business leaders and civil rights groups opposed it, arguing it would "advance bigotry" and have negative effects on the state economy.

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