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MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 26, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – On Friday, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed HB 391 prohibiting competitions between athletes “of a different biological gender” in public school sports.
The bill mandates that “no public K-12 school may participate in, sponsor, or provide coaching staff for interscholastic athletic events at which athletes are allowed to participate in competition against athletes who are of a different biological gender, unless the event specifically includes both biological genders.”
“Because of the physical differences between biological males and biological females, having separate athletic teams based on the athletes’ biological sex reduces the chance of injury to biological female athletes and promotes sex equality,” HB 391 states.
“It provides opportunities for biological female athletes to compete against their peers rather than against biological male athletes, and allows biological female athletes to compete on a fair playing field for scholarships and other athletic accomplishments,” the bill adds.
The Alabama House voted 74-19 in favor of HB 391, which was sponsored by Republican Rep. Scott Stadthagen. The state senate approved the bill 25-5. “I want
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