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Missouri House votes to ban trans athletes on girls teams [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Missouri House votes to ban trans athletes on girls teams
By SUMMER BALLENTINE
April 21, 2021
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Transgender girls would be banned from playing on girls’ sports teams under a bill that advanced Wednesday in the Missouri House.
House lawmakers voted 100-51 to add the provision to another bill, sidestepping the more-typical process that requires approval from several committees.
The amended bill still needs two more votes of approval by the full House before it can move to the Senate for consideration, where Democratic House Minority Leader Crystal Quade on Wednesday implied it will face steep odds at this late stage of the legislative session.
The change would require transgender student athletes to compete on teams that align with the sex they were assigned at birth.
Missouri’s current public high school sports rules prohibit transgender girls from competing on girls teams unless they’re undoing hormone therapy.
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
April 21, 2021
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Transgender girls would be banned from playing on girls’ sports teams under a bill that advanced Wednesday in the Missouri House.
House lawmakers voted 100-51 to add the provision to another bill, sidestepping the more-typical process that requires approval from several committees.
The amended bill still needs two more votes of approval by the full House before it can move to the Senate for consideration, where Democratic House Minority Leader Crystal Quade on Wednesday implied it will face steep odds at this late stage of the legislative session.
The change would require transgender student athletes to compete on teams that align with the sex they were assigned at birth.
Missouri’s current public high school sports rules prohibit transgender girls from competing on girls teams unless they’re undoing hormone therapy.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/sports-government-and-politics-michael-brown-b5230b971d913cb1b2ba6e2413bc15fd
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