Members of the house debated the bill for nearly two hours with both sides passionate about the bill that would ban transgender women from playing sports with biological women in Georgia’s public schools and universities.
This bill would also limit their access to women’s locker rooms and restrooms.
Democrats fought against this ban saying- “This bill has absolutely nothing to do with girls’ and women’s fairness in sports, and it has everything to do with using us as political props,” state Rep. Anne Allen Westbrook said.
Republicans defended it saying it was needed to protect women athletes.
“My daughter deserves a safe space. She deserves it. She deserves a safe space to compete,” state Rep. Brad Thomas said.
House Speaker Jon Burns made passing this transgender sports bill one of his top priorities.
How do you side with this bill? Should lawmakers ban non-females from competing against naural born females or should they be allowed to compete and share the same personal spaces?
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