Gov. Roy Cooper (D-N.C.), left, and N.C. high school senior, Payton McNabb | https://governor.nc.gov/ https://www.iwf.org/people/payton-mcnabb/
Gov. Roy Cooper (D-N.C.), left, and N.C. high school senior, Payton McNabb | https://governor.nc.gov/ https://www.iwf.org/people/payton-mcnabb/
As the North Carolina legislature advances legislation to prohibit boys from participating in girls' school sports, a new national poll finds the majority of Americans support such a prohibition.
“More than 6 in 10 adults in the Post-KFF poll said trans girls and women should not be allowed to compete in girls’ and women’s sports, including professional, college, high school and youth levels,” reported The Washington Post.
Legislation to prohibit boys from playing girls' school sports have passed the North Carolina House and Senate with veto-proof majorities. As legislators work through the process of aligning those two bills, Gov. Roy Cooper (D-N.C.) has expressed his opposition to the legislation.
Old North News reported last month that North Carolina is one of 29 states that currently allows boys to participate in girls’ school sports.
Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project, criticized North Carolina for not "taking action in defending the integrity of women's sports."
"Biology matters, especially in sports,” Schilling told Old North News. “Men have a distinct athletic advantage over women, a fact that led directly to the passage of Title IX five decades ago. Sadly, the radical ideologues in the Biden administration and many other powerful institutions now deny this simple truth and threaten to wipe out the gains made by women.”
Last month, North Carolina female student Payton McNabb testified in the legislature and held a press conference in support of the legislation.
“On Sept. 1, 2022, I was severely injured in a high school volleyball game by a transgender athlete on the opposing team,” said McNabb. “I suffered from a concussion and a neck injury that to this day I am still recovering from. Other injuries I still suffer from today include impaired vision, partial paralysis on my right side, constant headaches, as well as anxiety and depression.”
“Allowing biological males to compete against biological females is dangerous. I may be the first to come before you…but I won’t be the last," said McNabb.
As of publication time, there are 29 states that still allow boys to participate in girls’ high school sports: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
In April, North Carolina's U.S. representatives split along party lines for a U.S. House vote to pass a bill prohibiting school athletic programs from allowing boys to participate in girls’ sports.
Reps. Don Davis (D) and Deborah Ross (D) did not vote on the legislation, and every other one of North Carolina's Democrat representatives voted against H.R. 734, “The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.", which passed the House on a vote of 219-203. The legislation now awaits a vote in the U.S. Senate, where U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) introduced a companion bill.
The White House issued a statement saying President Joe Biden will veto the bill, if passed by the U.S. Senate.
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How many Americans support a prohibition on boys competing in girls’ sports?
Source: Nov. 10-Dec. 1, 2022, Washington Post-KFF poll of 1,338 U.S. adults with an error margin of +/- 4 percentage points.
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