{"id":1554668,"date":"2022-07-14T10:58:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T14:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554668"},"modified":"2022-07-14T16:37:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:37:56","slug":"discriminatory-pennsylvania-gov-vetoes-bill-banning-transgender-athletes-from-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/discriminatory-pennsylvania-gov-vetoes-bill-banning-transgender-athletes-from-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Discriminatory\u2019: Pennsylvania Gov. Vetoes Bill Banning Transgender Athletes From Women\u2019s Sports"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fdiscriminatory-pennsylvania-gov-vetoes-bill-banning-transgender-athletes-from-womens-sports%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=1554668&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>Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has vetoed a bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing in women\u2019s sports, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Protect Women\u2019s Sports Act\u201d was vetoed by Wolf on July 8th, but Republicans in the Keystone state have recently begun to slam the Gov for his decision,\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pa-republicans-blast-governors-veto-bill-protecting-girls-sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a> reported. The bill was passed by both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature with the intention \u201cto protect opportunities for women and girls in athletics by ensuring women are not forced to compete against biological males playing on women\u2019s sports teams,\u201d according to a <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.state.pa.us\/\/cfdocs\/Legis\/CSM\/showMemoPublic.cfm?chamber=H&#038;SPick=20210&#038;cosponId=34568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a>\u00a0made last February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a bipartisan bill, and you can see the vote totals as proof,\u201d Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Barbara Gleim who authored and sponsored the bill told the Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cThis is a Gov who has done his own will [and not the will of the people and their elected representatives].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Four Democrats in the House voted for the bill, according to the\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.state.pa.us\/CFDOCS\/Legis\/RC\/Public\/rc_view_action2.cfm?sess_yr=2021&#038;sess_ind=0&#038;rc_body=H&#038;rc_nbr=811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official roll<\/a>\u00a0call vote. <strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/21\/lgbtq-activist-claims-trans-athlete-bans-hurts-cis-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: LGBTQ Activist Claims Trans Athlete Bans Hurts \u2018Cis Women\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wolf declared that the bill was \u201c<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.state.pa.us\/cfdocs\/legis\/cl\/public\/ViewVetoMessage.cfm?sessyr=2022&#038;sessInd=0&#038;billbody=H&#038;billtype=B&#038;billnbr=972&#038;pn=2886&#038;vetonbr=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">discriminatory<\/a>\u201d towards members of the transgender community who wish to play on female sports teams in his letter to the legislature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew all along that he did not support women and Title IX,\u201d Gleim told the DCNF. \u201cI will be reintroducing this legislation to uphold Title IX for women\u2019s sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wolf\u2019s veto has garnered attention on the national level, with Republican Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey speaking out against the decision, according to <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pa-republicans-blast-governors-veto-bill-protecting-girls-sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a>. Toomey echoed the sentiments of other Republicans who argue that this move disproportionately affects women.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7008709\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7008709\" class=\"wp-image-7008709 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1037465500-scaled-e1600804996931.jpg\" alt=\"PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 21: Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf addresses supporters before former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for statewide Democratic candidates on September 21, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Midterm election day is November 6th. (Photo by Mark Makela\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1037465500-scaled-e1600804996931.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1037465500-scaled-e1600804996931-282x118.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1037465500-scaled-e1600804996931-620x260-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1037465500-scaled-e1600804996931-768x323-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1037465500-scaled-e1600804996931-1536x645-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1037465500-scaled-e1600804996931-2048x860-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7008709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHILADELPHIA, PA \u2013 SEPTEMBER 21: Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf addresses supporters before former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for statewide Democratic candidates on September 21, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Midterm election day is November 6th. (Photo by Mark Makela\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The view among female athletes seems to be mixed, but seven out of 10 Americans oppose the idea of transgender women competing on female sports teams<strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0according to polling conducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2022\/06\/13\/washington-post-umd-poll-most-americans-oppose-transgender-athletes-female-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a good idea in theory and that it is a step in the right direction of inclusion of the trans community,\u201d Catherine Holtz, a volleyball player at Gettysburg College, told the DCNF. \u201cBut playing against non-cis women gives them an unfair advantage cause biologically men\u2019s bodies are stronger and generally more athletic than biological women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The debate over the acceptance of transgender athletes participating in competitive sports has been ongoing for months, since swimmer Lia Thomas gained national prevalence for her performance in women\u2019s swimming, the Caller reported back in June.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Wolf\u2019s office did not respond to a request for comment by the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;We knew all along that he did not support women and Title IX&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":863,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1554668","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\/1554668","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\/863"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554668\/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=1554668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}