Texas Governor Signs Bill Requiring Student Athletes Play on Teams Matching Birth Sex

Texas Governor Signs Bill Requiring Student Athletes Play on Teams Matching Birth Sex

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a press conference at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on June 8, 2021. (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)

by Zachary Stieber

The governor of Texas on Monday signed a law that bars student athletes from playing on sports teams that do not match the sex listed on their birth certificate.

The bill is aimed at restoring rights granted to women under Title IX, its authors say.

Texas House Bill 25 (pdf) requires most interscholastic athletic teams from letting students compete in competitions “that is designated for the biological sex opposite to the student ’s biological sex as correctly stated on” their official birth certificate.

The bill “protects girl’s safety and their right to equal access to athletic opportunities,” state Rep. Valoree Swanson, one of its authors, said during a House session earlier this month. Read the res of this article at theepochtimes,com.

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  • That was probably a tough decision for RINO Abbott.

    Watch the 12-minute ‘Noam Chomsky says…’ video (October 25, 2021) on Banned.Video. Everyone in America needs to see the video.