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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding the Kansas Legislature’s override of Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto Wednesday of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, a bill that protects opportunities for women and girls in athletics by ensuring they are not forced to compete against males playing on women’s sports teams: “We commend the Kansas Legislature for securing a level playing field for Kansas’s female athletes by overriding Gov. Kelly’s misguided veto of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act. When the law ignores biological ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding the Indiana Legislature’s override Tuesday of Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto of HB 1041, a bill that protects athletic opportunities for the state’s female athletes below the collegiate level: “Women and girls deserve to compete on a level playing field. We are grateful to the Indiana Legislature for responding to the nationwide threat to fairness in women’s sports by overriding Gov. Holcomb’s misguided veto of HB 1041. While more work must be done to protect Indiana’s female athletes in ...

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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding Gov. Kay Ivey’s signing Tuesday of HB 261, a bill that extends the state’s existing protections for K-12 female athletes to women in college, ensuring they are not forced to compete against males playing on collegiate women’s sports teams: “Women and girls deserve to compete on a level playing field. A college freshman losing a spot on the team to a male athlete is just as unfair and harmful as when it happens to a high school senior. That is why we must protect fairness for girls in ...

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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding bills to protect women’s and girls’ sports that are poised to land on the desks of the governors of West Virginia, Kansas, and Montana: “Allowing males to compete in girls’ sports destroys fair competition and women’s athletic opportunities. We have seen an increasing number of males dominating girls’ athletic contests when competing as females around the country, capturing championships and shattering long-standing female track records. That’s why several states—including Idaho ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding a letter women’s sports advocates sent to the NCAA Thursday urging them to “take direct and immediate action to establish rules to keep women’s collegiate sports female”: “Female athletes have fought long and hard for equal opportunities, and they deserve to compete on a level playing field. Men and women are different, and those real physical differences make it unfair to force women and girls to compete against bigger, faster, and stronger males. For 50 years, Title IX has protected ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding a formal comment ADF attorneys submitted Monday urging the Biden administration to withdraw its proposed rule change to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 that would allow males to compete on female sports teams, depriving women and girls of equal athletic opportunities: “The Biden administration’s proposed sports rule is a slap in the face to female athletes who deserve an equal opportunity to compete on the playing field. The proposed rule degrades women and tells them ...

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