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April 27, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Montana is poised to become the latest state to approve new measures to protect women’s and girls’ sports.
Last week, the Montana House and Senate passed a bill to ban males from competing against female athletes, sending the legislation to the desk of Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte.
House Bill 112, or the Save Women’s Sports Act, stipulates that any sports team or athletic association sponsored by Montana public schools or higher education institutions be designated based on biological sex. It expressly requires that “athletic teams or sports designated for females, women, or girls may not be open to students of the male sex.”
HB 112 cites inherent differences between men and women that result in male athletes having “denser, stronger bones, tendons, and ligaments,” “larger hearts,” and “greater lung volume.” Sex-specific teams “promote sex equality,” the bill states, by allowing women and girls to demonstrate athletic abilities equally and access opportunities like college scholarships.
Gov. Gianforte has yet to announce whether he intends to sign the Save Women’s Sports Act.
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