Democratic members of the Georgia House are shown standing on the steps inside the Georgia capitol, with one member speaking into a reporter's microphone.

House Minority Leader Carolyn Hugley of Columbus characterized the bill as part of a Republican fixation on a small population of transgender Georgians and a waste of time.

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A bill affecting transgender people is headed to the governor's desk — but not before a protest in the state House.

A bill called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act also received final passage yesterday.

The case of a South Georgia woman arrested after experiencing a miscarriage remains in limbo.  

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