Megan Rapinoe Calls Trans Sports Bans an Attack on Women as Washington Weighs 1 Bill
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 23
Megan Rapinoe Calls Trans Sports Bans an Attack on Women as Washington Weighs 1 Bill
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 23
Summary
ABC's "The View" gave Rapinoe a platform Tuesday to argue that efforts to bar transgender athletes from women's sports are not about fairness but a broader attack on women and their empowerment.
Rapinoe said opponents are using trans participation as a wedge issue, rejecting claims that girls' sports are being protected and asking what girls are supposedly being kept unsafe from.
Washington state's Initiative IL26-638 sits at the center of her criticism: Republicans say it would bar students defined as biologically male from female school sports and require healthcare-provider verification of biological sex.
Rapinoe said such measures would force scrutiny of all girls' bodies and appearance, and she echoed that view in a recent Marie Claire essay arguing anti-trans legislation distracts from larger harms to women and girls.