Democrats at the state level are standing up and saying no to their party leadership on the issue of male athletes being allowed to compete in women’s sports.

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Dear Women's Declaration Signatories,

Democrats at the state level are standing up and saying no to their party leadership on the issue of male athletes being allowed to compete in women’s sports. In 2022, several Democrats voted yes on a bill to protect women’s sports for women and girls in Louisiana and one did the same in Pennsylvania. Three Democrats in the North Carolina House followed suit in 2023. Two North Carolina Democrats even voted to override their own party’s Governor’s veto of the bill in August. We will remind you to take this action every month until the Senate passes legislation to protect women and girls in sports.

Earlier this month, ten members of the women’s swim team at Roanoke college took a strong stand for female-only sports. Kara Dansky, the president of Women’s Declaration International USA was there to support them. You can read about it here.

On April 20, the U.S. House voted to pass H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023. Now the bill is before the Senate.

A similar bill, also in the Senate, is S. 613 S. 613, which was introduced in March and is currently before the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee.

We have created an easy action for signatories to email their U.S. Senators and urge them to pass one of these bills. This should not be a partisan issue.

Use the button below to complete the action.

In solidarity, The WDI USA Board Kara Dansky Megan Rose Lauren Levey Irene Lawrence Lorraine Nowlin Katherine Kinney

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