The State Senate passed the Save Women’s Sports Act SB39, sponsored by Holly Thompson Rehder (R-District 127), with a vote of 25-8. Now the fight for female athletes will go to the Missouri House of Representatives.

About the Save Women’s Sports Act

This act prohibits a private school, public school district, public charter school, or public or private institution of postsecondary education from allowing any student to compete in an athletic competition that is designated for the biological sex opposite to the student’s biological sex as stated on the student’s official birth certificate or other government records as described in the act.

The act delineates what constitutes an acceptable official birth certificate. A private school, public school district, public charter school, or public or private institution of postsecondary education may allow a female student to compete in an athletic competition designated for male students if no corresponding competition for female students is offered or available.

Any private school, public school district, public charter school, or public or private institution of postsecondary education that violates this act shall not receive any state aid or other revenues from the state.

The parent or guardian of any student, or any student who is over eighteen years old, who is deprived of an athletic opportunity as a result of a violation of the act shall have a cause of action for injunctive or other equitable relief as described in the act.

Please pray our representatives will vote to protect women’s sports and stop efforts to erase women!

Tracy Dougan
State Director