{"id":207231,"date":"2021-03-10T07:45:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T12:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=207231"},"modified":"2021-03-10T07:45:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T12:45:06","slug":"arkansas-advances-bill-protecting-girls-from-having-to-compete-against-biological-males-in-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-advances-bill-protecting-girls-from-having-to-compete-against-biological-males-in-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas Advances Bill Protecting Girls From Having To Compete Against Biological Males In 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\">28<\/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%2Farkansas-advances-bill-protecting-girls-from-having-to-compete-against-biological-males-in-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=207231&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Arkansas-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Arkansas state Senate will vote on the \u201cFairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act\u201d after the state\u2019s Senate Education Committee endorsed the measure with a 5-3 vote at the start of the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenate Bill 354 by Sen. Missy Irvin, R-Mountain View, would allow students \u2018deprived of an athletic opportunity\u2019 or suffering \u2018direct or indirect harm\u2019 as a result of a kindergarten-through-12th-grade school or higher-education institution not maintaining separate teams for cisgender female students to seek injunctive relief against the school, as well as monetary damages,\u201d the Arkansas Democrat Gazette <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkansasonline.com\/news\/2021\/mar\/09\/transgender-athlete-legislation-advances\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Irvin says that her bill \u201cpreserves the fairness in women\u2019s sports by making sure that girls have the ability to compete on a level playing field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beth Stelzer, a power-lifter and the founder of the group Save Women\u2019s Sports, said that it was imperative that Arkansas move fast on the issue to make sure no girls in the state are \u201cseriously injured\u201d by competing against biological males.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Women in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Arkansas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Arkansas<\/a> legislature are taking a stand to protect their female athletes! Our hearing for SB 354 starts in about an hour! Link below! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveWomensSports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveWomensSports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveGirlsSports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveGirlsSports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SexNotGender?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SexNotGender<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FairPlay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FairPlay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QKRnNtjpR1\">pic.twitter.com\/QKRnNtjpR1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Save Women&#8217;s Sports (@SaveWomensSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaveWomensSport\/status\/1369002765129814027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkleg.state.ar.us\/Bills\/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB354.pdf\">bill<\/a> states in-part:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>While classifications based on sex are generally disfavored, the United States Supreme Court in United States v. Virginia, 518 U.S. 515, 533 (1996), has recognized that \u201csex classifications may be used to compensate women for particular economic disabilities [they have] suffered, promote equal employment opportunity, [and] to advance full development of the talent and capacities of our Nation\u2019s people\u201d; (7) One place where sex classifications allow for the \u201cfull development of the talent and capacities of our Nation\u2019s people\u201d is in the context of sports and athletics; (8) Courts have recognized that the inherent, physiological differences between males and females result in different athletic capabilities.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Numerous states across the country are considering similar bills as the push to protect women\u2019s sports has gained traction in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most controversial Executive Orders that Democrat President Joe Biden signed during his first days in office mandated allowing biological males to compete in women\u2019s sports. The order stated in part:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Every person should be treated with respect and dignity and should be able to live without fear, no matter who they are or whom they love. Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports. Adults should be able to earn a living and pursue a vocation knowing that they will not be fired, demoted, or mistreated because of whom they go home to or because how they dress does not conform to sex-based stereotypes. People should be able to access healthcare and secure a roof over their heads without being subjected to sex discrimination.&nbsp; All persons should receive equal treatment under the law, no matter their gender identity or sexual orientation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The order \u201cunilaterally eviscerate[d] women\u2019s sports,\u201d author and women\u2019s rights activist Abigail Shrier&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbigailShrier\/status\/1352121732723666946\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter following Biden\u2019s signing of the order. \u201cAny educational institution that receives federal funding must admit biologically-male athletes to women\u2019s teams, women\u2019s scholarships, etc. A new glass ceiling was just placed over girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arkansas state Senate will vote on the \u201cFairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act\u201d after the state\u2019s Senate Education Committee endorsed the measure with a 5-3 vote at the start of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310412,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Arkansas-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Arkansas Advances Bill Protecting Girls From Having To Compete Against Biological Males In Sports","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Arkansas-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Arkansas Advances Bill Protecting Girls From Having To Compete Against Biological Males In Sports","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207231","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}