Mon Feb 27, 2023 – 4:28 pm EST
TOPEKA (LifeSiteNews) — The Republican-controlled Kansas legislature advanced three bills last week that combat gender ideology in the state.
H.B. 2238, called the “Fairness in Women’s Sports” bill, passed the Kansas House on Thursday and prohibits the participation of gender-confused men in women’s sports. According to the bill, interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, and club athletic teams must be designated according to biological sex. Provisions of the bill would also apply to public schools K-12 and any post-secondary institutions.
The bill marks the third time in three years that the Kansas legislature has attempted to enact protections for women’s sports, the previous two attempts being met with Kansas Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto.
The bill passed two votes short of attaining a veto-proof supermajority, with a margin of 82-40, the missing votes belonging to Republican state representatives who were absent but who previously voiced support for the bill.
While two other Republicans defected on the bill, a Democrat voted in favor, claiming that he was following the opinion of his constituents and that he agreed with the bill’s language.
Republican State Rep. Barb Wasinger, who introduced the bill in the
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