Pa. Senate approves GOP-authored bill targeting transgender girls, women in school sports [View all]

The Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Senate — after more than an hour of debate on Tuesday — approved legislation prohibiting transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ and women’s school sports.

The upper chamber voted 30-20 along party lines to send the proposal to the House of Representatives for consideration.

“This legislation is about providing these girls with that fair shot to stand at the top of the podium to celebrate their significant achievements as a result of their hard work,” Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill, R-York, one of the bill’s authors, said on the Senate floor.

Sen. Judy Ward, R-Blair, another prime sponsor, said the legislation has nothing to do with biological sex and instead argued that it aims to “protect” fairness in girls’ and women’s sports.

Read more: https://www.penncapital-star.com/government-politics/pa-senate-approves-gop-authored-bill-targeting-transgender-girls-women-in-school-sports/