Iowa Attorney General Leads Effort to Ban Transgender Athletes From Women's Sports in Minnesota

Iowa attorney general leads effort to ban transgender athletes from women's sports in Minnesota

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, joined by 18 other AGs, is challenging Minnesota's policy allowing transgender athletes in girls' sports, citing Title IX concerns.

Bird Continues Fight to Protect Women’s Sports - The Iowa Standard

Attorney General Brenna Bird announced on Tuesday she led a coalition of 18 states challenging a Minnesota state law that mandates allowing men to participate in women’s sports.   Many states have enacted laws that ban men from participating in women’s sports, but the state of Minnesota has done the opposite. The attorneys general argue that Minnesota’s law disregards Title IX’s protections for women’s sports. There are physiological difference…