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INDIANAPOLIS (LifeSiteNews) – Indiana lawmakers voted Tuesday to override Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto of a bill banning males from girls’ sports, making the state the 17th to enact such legislation.
HEA 1041, which Holcomb vetoed in March, requires public and private schools to “expressly designate” sports either for boys or girls and prohibits males, based on sex “in accordance with genetics and reproductive biology” from joining girls’ teams.
Under the bill, female students and their parents can sue schools over lost athletic opportunities or other harms suffered from having to compete against boys.
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The Indiana House voted 67-28 to override Holcomb’s veto, and the Senate backed the override in a 32-15 vote. Four Republicans in the state Senate and three in the House voted to uphold the veto, NBC News reported.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana immediately filed a lawsuit challenging HEA 1041, which takes effect July 1, according to NBC. Just two of more than 17 state laws enacted to protect women’s sports
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