{"id":223025,"date":"2021-03-14T18:30:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T22:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=223025"},"modified":"2021-03-14T18:30:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T22:30:55","slug":"governors-sign-consider-legislation-to-protect-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governors-sign-consider-legislation-to-protect-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Governors sign, consider legislation to protect 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\">16<\/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%2Fgovernors-sign-consider-legislation-to-protect-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=223025&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 id=\"attachment_2386577\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2386577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed the first state bill in the U.S. this year to ban transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams on Thursday, March 11, 2021, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo\/Rogelio V. Solis)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:23 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, March 14, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>In response to Joe Biden\u2019s executive order to allow transgender athletes to compete with the gender of their choice, state officials nationwide are now taking matters into their own hands to protect women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>This week in Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves (R) signed a bill to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls or women\u2019s sports teams. The move came after the state Senate and House swiftly passed the bill.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I never imagined dealing with this, but POTUS left us no choice. One of his first acts was to sign an EO encouraging transgenderism in children. So today, I proudly signed the Mississippi Fairness Act to ensure young girls are not forced to compete against biological males. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/INZgKQRMJr\">pic.twitter.com\/INZgKQRMJr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tatereeves\/status\/1370059736746446852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reeves said it\u2019s important to protect young girls from competing with biological males for athletic opportunities. He also called out Joe Biden\u2019s executive order as \u201cjust wrong.\u201d The legislation applies to K-12 schools, colleges and universities. It will take effect July 1.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, over a dozen states have now created their own related bills to separate women\u2019s and men\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>In the South, Georgia and Alabama are advancing bills that would ban athletes from competing with genders different from their birth certificate.<\/p>\n<p>Other states include Utah, Michigan and North Dakota. Supporters of these bills have said athletic organizations are denying equal opportunities to all of their athletes, especially women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo many athletic leagues and policy makers are giving in to an ideology that simply ignores biological reality and denies equal opportunities to women,\u201d Roger Brooks, senior council with the Alliance Defending Freedom said.<\/p>\n<p>The Montana State Legislature introduced the Save Women\u2019s Sports Act, which will head to the state Senate this week.<\/p>\n<p>In Texas, Congress members introduced a similar bill called the Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act. Texas also recently filed a bill that would make it a crime for doctors and mental health providers to give minors puberty blockers, gender conforming surgeries or hormone therapies.<\/p>\n<p>The governor of Tennessee, who passed similar legislation for his own state, said transgender athletes competing with women could even take opportunities away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransgenders participating in women\u2019s sports, will destroy women\u2019s sports,\u201d Gov. Bill Lee (R-Tenn.) stated. \u201cIt will ruin the opportunity for girls to earn scholarships, it will put a glass ceiling back over women that hasn\u2019t been there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics argued language in the bills could be considered discriminatory, and that there are relatively few cases of transgender athletes causing any issues in sports. However, the bills have garnered support from several lawmakers across the country looking to overturn just one of Biden\u2019s many controversial executive orders.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/pelosi-says-cuomo-should-look-inside-heart-to-decide-if-he-should-resign\/\">Pelosi Says Cuomo Should Look Inside Heart To Decide If He Should Resign<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippi Gov. 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