Alabama Enacts Law Banning Transgender Athletes From Participating in Biologically Inconsistent Public School Sports

Alabama Enacts Law Banning Transgender Athletes From Participating in Biologically Inconsistent Public School Sports
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs a bill that virtually outlaws abortion in the state on May 15, 2019. Hal Yeager/Alabama Governor's Office via AP
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law a bill that bans transgender student-athletes from competing on K–12 public school single-sex teams that match their gender identity.

House Bill 391, which was overwhelmingly approved by the Republican-controlled state legislature last week, mandates that those who aren’t biologically male or female won’t be able to participate in school-sponsored sports events that are inconsistent with their sex assigned at birth.
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