Legislative Republicans hire out-of-state attorney, at taxpayer expense, to defend forbidding transgender girls to participate in girls' sports.
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — Top legislative Republicans have hired an out-of-state attorney, at taxpayer expense, to defend a 2022 law forbidding transgender girls from participating in girls' sports.
People are also reading… But Smith told U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Zipps that Horne has yet to file any legal papers in the case"despite an imminent briefing deadline on plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction.'' Dr. Kristina Wilson, who was on the AIA's medical advisory board, testified that out of 170,000 high school athletes, there had been 16 requests by transgender individuals to compete.
They said she has not started puberty, meaning she"has not experienced any of the physiological changes, including muscle development, that increased testosterone levels would cause in a pubescent boy.'' The attorneys contend the statute, at least as it applies to these two girls, violates constitutional requirements for equal protection under the law.
"Science is clear that male athletes have many inherent physical advantages over females, including greater size, stronger muscles and larger bone structure,'' he said."By allowing males to compete against females, we're essentially subjecting young girls to greater risk of injury, as well as stripping them of athletic opportunities their female predecessors have long fought for.
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