Obama says North Carolina law should be overturned

LONDON (AP) — President Barack Obama called Friday for the overturning of a North Carolina law that requires transgender people to use public bathrooms conforming to the sex on their birth certificates and restricts protections for LGBT people.

North Carolina's so-called bathroom law, among other things, requires transgender people to use bathrooms corresponding to the gender on their birth certificate in state government buildings as well as public schools and universities.

North Carolina state Senate leader Phil Berger, a Republican and one of the most vocal supporters of the law, responded to Obama's comments in a press release stating that "not every father has the luxury of Secret Service agents protecting his daughters' right to privacy in the girls' bathroom."