Arizona state House passes bill banning transgender female athletes from participating in school sports.
The bill was first introduced on Feb. 3 and passed in the House one month later along party lines 31-29 after an emotional hours-long debate on Tuesday.Aerial view of Arizona State Capitol Building complex and campus, in Phoenix Ariz.Barto cited the biological differences between males and females from lung capacity and muscle mass to testosterone levels that she said give men"an undeniable physical advantage over women in sports.
During the hearing, Democratic Rep. Kirsten Engel said,"The impact will not be to protect women's sports, instead it's gonna make women's sports a total battleground of lawsuits." "Any student who is deprived of an athletic opportunity or suffers a direct or indirect harm as a result of a violation of this section has a private cause of action for injunctive relief, damages and any other relief available under law against the educational institution," the bill states.
Currently, the Arizona Interscholastic Association -- the state's governing body for school sports -- has policies in place for transgender athletes to compete"in a manner that is consistent with their gender identity."
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Arizona House approves ban on transgender female athletesHouse Bill 2706, which heads to state Senate, would apply at both public and private schools, including community colleges and universities.
Read more »
Freedom House Report Finds Freedom On The Wane WorldwideFreedom House, a non-partisan democracy advocacy organization, has released its annual survey on the state of global freedom. Among its findings: Freedom is declining in the U.S. and India, the world's two largest democracies.
Read more »
White House Bans Filming At Coronavirus Briefing, Triggering BacklashCritics suggested the Trump administration is more concerned with managing the optics of the outbreak, rather than the outbreak itself.
Read more »
White House Wants 'Greater Cooperation' From Airlines For Coronavirus FightMike Pence is bringing airline CEOs to the White House today to press for what he called 'greater cooperation' on data used to track down passengers when someone on a flight is later found to have the new coronavirus.
Read more »
Why Does Kim Kardashian's House Look Like...That?'Kardashian minimalism is ultimately a matter of taste. The emptiness is intentional, more aspirational even than owning expensive objects. It’s as if the measurement of riches is not what you can buy but what you can leave out.'
Read more »