Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signaled late this week that he would sign a bill protecting girls from having to compete against biological males for athletic opportunities.
The Mississippi House of Representatives passed the Mississippi Fairness Act in an 81-28 vote on Wednesday, which comes after the Mississippi Senate passed the bill last month in a 34-9 vote.
“I will sign our bill to protect young girls from being forced to compete with biological males for athletic opportunities,” Reeves wrote on Twitter. “It’s crazy we have to address it, but the Biden E. O. forced the issue. Adults? That’s on them. But the push for kids to adopt transgenderism is just wrong.”
I will sign our bill to protect young girls from being forced to compete with biological males for athletic opportunities. It’s crazy we have to address it, but the Biden E. O. forced the issue. Adults? That’s on them. But the push for kids to adopt transgenderism is just wrong. https://t.co/sncpaPlTbZ
Republican state Sen. Angela Hill told ABC News after the bill passed that legislators took action because “if we do not move to protect female sports from biological males who have an unfair physiological advantage, we will eventually no longer have female sports.”
“This issue is imminent in Mississippi,” she said. “We have to make a statement that women matter, female sports matter.”
Interscholastic or intramural athletic teams or sports that are sponsored by a public primary or secondary school or any school that is a member of the Mississippi High School Activities Association or public institution of higher education or any higher education institution that is a member of the NCAA, NAIA or NJCCA shall be expressly designated as one of the following based on biological sex: (a) “Males,” “men” or “boys”; (b) “Females,” “women” or “girls”; or (c) “Coed” or “mixed.” Athletic teams or sports designated f... (Read more)
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