UPDATE on HB 1041 to Save Women’s Sports
HB 1041 was heard in the Senate Education Committee yesterday. As is the custom in that committee, testimony was heard on the bill, but any amendments and a final vote on the bill in the committee will most likely take place next Wednesday at 1:30pm. You can watch the video live here at that time:
http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/meeting/watchlive/e7f8553a-a3ba-407b-8ba9-193bd8725d87/
Supporters of HB 1041 rationally, and with science on their side, argued that males have certain biological advantages to women and that by allowing biological men to compete on women’s sports teams, women are put at a competitive disadvantage. With a unified voice, proponents also testified that protections for women’s sports must include college athletics.
Those who have spoken out in favor of protecting women’s sports, both in the House and the Senate, include Democrats, Independents, Republicans, doctors, nurses, men, women, athletes, coaches, moms, transsexuals, liberals, conservatives, and the politically agnostic. A broad coalition is standing up for women in Indiana.
Author Rep. Michelle Davis and Sponsor Sen. Stacey Donato eloquently represented the bill. HB 1041 should be a non-partisan opportunity to stand up for women’s rights and assure girls and women in Indiana that when they compete in athletics within our public institutions at all levels, including college athletics, they will be given fair treatment.
Yet, you will not hear this in the media. You are probably already seeing headlines that HB 1041 would “prevent trans girls from playing in sports.” This is a lie. Once HB 1041 is, hopefully, amended next Wednesday to include college athletics and eventually passed into law, every Hoosier will continue to be allowed to participate in sports as they have in the past. The only difference will be that biological males who wish to compete in organized sports governed by the State of Indiana will have to compete against other biological males or in co-ed leagues and will not be able to continue an unfair advantage over biological females in women’s sports.
You will also not hear Corrina Cohn’s story. Here it is:
