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PIERRE, South Dakota, March 22, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – The movement to protect women’s athletics from transgender encroachment in South Dakota has come to a sudden halt thanks to Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s last-minute abandonment of legislation she previously claimed she would be “excited” to sign.
Passed by both chambers of the state legislature, HB 1217 affirms that a “team or sport designated as being female is available only to participants who are female, based on their biological sex.” On March 8, Noem declared she was “excited to sign this bill very soon,” hailing the defense of women’s sports as a worthy cause to highlight on International Women’s Day.
Before she did so, however, a chorus including left-wing activists and the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce began pressuring her to veto the bill. On March 19, Noem announced that she was sending the bill back to the legislature, detailing several sudden reservations about its “vague and overly broad language” and suggesting various “style and form” changes.
Among Noem’s objections are an “unworkable administrative burden on schools, who under its
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