Iowa on Friday became the first US state to strip gender identity protections from its civil rights law after its governor signed a bill removing safeguards for transgender people.

The bill created explicit legal definitions of female and male based on the reproductive organs with which they were born.

Iowa State Troopers remove Chris Morse of Polk County from the room after Morse exceeded her allotted time while speaking ...

Iowa has become the first state to remove civil rights protections for transgender people. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the bill ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Friday that removes gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.

Iowa is now the first state to remove civil rights protections for transgender people. Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed ...

Iowa's governor signed legislation removing gender identity protections on Friday from the state's civil rights code, despite large, intense protests.

Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday signed into law legislation removing civil rights protections for transgender Iowans.

Iowa became the first state to strike anti-discrimination protections for transgender people from its civil rights code on ...