WH to Use Federal Laws, Bully Pulpit to Challenge State Laws Banning Transgender Athletes from Competing in Women s Sports cnsnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cnsnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Melanie Arter | March 9, 2021 | 10:21am EST
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki (L) watches as Executive Director of the Gender Policy Council Jennifer Klein (R) and Co-Chair of the Gender Policy Council and Chief of Staff to the First Lady Julissa Reynoso take part in the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 8, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – The White House said Monday that it will consider using federal laws and “the bully pulpit” to challenge local laws banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.