North Carolina takes different path than Alabama on transgender ‘solution in search of problem’
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
Alabama lawmakers who proposed a bill banning transgender athletes on public school teams said their purpose was to protect girls from a competitive disadvantage.
They cited no specific examples in Alabama of transgender girls competing on girls’ teams. But the bill passed and Gov. Kay Ivey signed it into law.
Other states have passed similar legislation. But in North Carolina, the Legislature took a different course after the lack of prevalent examples became clear.
“We’re not really hearing any complaints about that where it’s an issue,” North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore told the Associated Press on Wednesday. Moore said the House would not vote on the bill that was called the “Save Women’s Sports Act.”
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2021/02/24 04:43 FILE - North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, left, R-Cleveland, speaks to reporters, with Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and House Majorit. FILE - North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, left, R-Cleveland, speaks to reporters, with Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and House Majority Leader John Bell, right, R-Wayne, at a news conference on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020 at state GOP headquarters in Raleigh, N.C., to discuss Election Day results. North Carolina Democrats were hoping this November they would break the backs of Republicans, who, after dominating state politics for much of the past decade, saw their power erode in the 2016 and 2018 elections. Instead, state Democrats had little to tout after Election Day beyond Gov. Roy Cooper’s close yet expected reelection, a narrow victory for Attorney General Josh Stein, and picking up two U.S. House seats largely handed to them by redistricting in 2019. (AP Photo/Gary D
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