{"id":1441986,"date":"2022-04-16T23:59:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T03:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441986"},"modified":"2022-04-16T23:59:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T03:59:43","slug":"kansas-governor-vetoes-bill-protecting-female-athletes-from-trans-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-governor-vetoes-bill-protecting-female-athletes-from-trans-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Governor Vetoes Bill Protecting Female Athletes from Trans Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkansas-governor-vetoes-bill-protecting-female-athletes-from-trans-competition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441986&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Kansas Governor Laura Kelly (D) vetoed a GOP-led bill on Friday that would have prevented males identifying as females from infiltrating and dominating girls\u2019 sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all want a fair and safe place for our kids to play and compete,\u201d Kelly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/politics-government\/article260448997.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cHowever, this bill \u2026 came from politicians trying to score political points.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Republicans, however, vowed to continue the fight and override the governor\u2019s veto.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act is about just that, fairness,\u201d Kansas GOP Senate President Ty Masterson\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kvoe.com\/2022\/04\/15\/fairness-in-womens-sports-act-and-parents-bill-of-rights-among-bills-vetoed-by-kansas-governor-laura-kelly-friday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cIt simply sets guidelines that ensure the fair playing field continues for women that we have recognized for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-17-640x480-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lia Thomas\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Transgender swimmer UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas (Screenshot)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Like GOP-led measures in other states, Kansas\u2019 Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act would have served as a safeguard to prevent male athletes from joining and dominating female sports from elementary school up to college. The topic of males infiltrating female sports has gained traction in recent months after Lia Thomas, a male identifying as a female, joined the women\u2019s swim team at the University of Pennsylvania and promptly began smashing swim records and beating Olympic female athletes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lia Thomas just took first place at the 2022 NCAA Division 1 Women&#8217;s Swimming &#038; Diving Championships in the 500 freestyle. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveWomensSports?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveWomensSports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UWvDQMYHRJ\">pic.twitter.com\/UWvDQMYHRJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwipeWright\/status\/1504586948400369671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This week, the Republican-led legislature of Kentucky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/14\/kentucky-lawmakers-override-governors-veto-protect-womens-sports-from-transgender-activists\/\">overrode<\/a> Democrat Governor Andy Beshear\u2019s veto of a similar bill to protect girls\u2019 sports from transgender competition.<\/p>\n<p>More than a dozen other states have passed bills to prevent males identifying as females from competing against females.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas Governor Laura Kelly (D) vetoed a GOP-led bill on Friday that would have prevented males identifying as females from infiltrating and dominating girls\u2019 sports. \u201cWe all want a fair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1441986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1441986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1441986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1441986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1441986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}