Wed May 18, 2022 – 7:22 pm EDT
COLUMBIA (LifeSiteNews) – On Tuesday South Carolina became the latest state to keep gender-confused males out of sporting events designed specifically for females, with Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signing H4608.
Dubbed the Save Women’s Sports Act, H4608 requires that publicly-sponsored athletic and sporting teams intended for females not be open to males, and that teams intended for males not be open to females unless the school in question has no female team.
Any student who is “deprived of an athletic opportunity or suffers any direct or indirect harm as a result of a violation of this section may initiate a cause of action against the school or postsecondary institution,” as can a student “who is subject to retaliation or other adverse action” for reporting a violation.
The day after signing the law, which took effect immediately upon signing, McMaster called it “common sense”:
It’s common sense, boys should play boys sports and girls should play girls sports.
— Gov. Henry McMaster (@henrymcmaster) May 17, 2022
Supporters of such legislation argue that indulging supposedly transgender athletes’ desire to compete as their “new gender” undermines the rational basis for
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