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A high school football game in Elko.

Physicians: Rule that doctors ID athlete's sex at birth 'inappropriate' for school physical

The board that oversees high school sports added the requirement as the Trump administration has pushed for keeping transgender athletes out of girls' sports.

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A crowd gathers during a reproductive health rights demonstration in front of the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse in downtown Las Vegas.

In pro-choice Nevada, obscure law sends women to prison for late-term pregnancy loss

Nevada is a firmly pro-choice state with the protections from Roe v. Wade enshrined in state law and the majority of Nevadans consistently polling in favor of reproductive rights. But it's the only state in the country that can imprison people for terminating a pregnancy under certain circumstances, according to Laura FitzSimmons, the Carson City-based lawyer now representing Frazier pro bono.