The South Carolina House passed a bill on Tuesday prohibiting transgender students from playing girls’ or women’s sports in public schools and colleges after handling over 1,00o estimated amendments by Democrats intended to delay the vote. The tactic postponed the inevitable as the bill was passed 82–28 in Republican majority chamber. The bill is expected to pass in the South Carolina Senate, which is also dominated by Republicans. If signed into law, transgender students will be required to compete with competitors of the same biological sex listed on their birth certificate. Rules for transgender athletes have become an issue in midterm election campaigns. In Utah and Indiana, the GOP governors have vetoed similar bans, while approximately a dozen other states have already passed similar laws regarding this issue. The Legislature in Utah has since overturned the governor’s veto in a vote. The South Carolina bill was passed on Tuesday night after …