I thought physical examinations were standard in sports?

>>>>> "Bud" == Bud Light <remailer@domain.invalid> writes:

Bud> "Squad" Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., claimed that
Bud> "all" underage women will face "genital examinations" if
Bud> biological men are barred from women's sports.

Bud> Ocasio-Cortez made her claim during the Tuesday House Oversight
Bud> Subcommittee on Health hearing featuring NCAA swimming legend
Bud> and women's sports advocate Riley Gaines.

Bud> The New York Democrat said there were several proposals looking
Bud> to "marginalize" transgender Americans before claiming during
Bud> her questioning that women would have to get their pants
Bud> checked if someone disbelieves their stated gender.

Bud> "We are talking about opening up all women and girls to genital
Bud> examinations when they are underage, potentially just because
Bud> someone can point to someone and say, I don’t think you are a
Bud> girl," she claimed.

Bud> "And we're saying this in an environment of a post-Dobbs
Bud> America, where states are criminalizing access to abortion and
Bud> want nothing more than data on women to figure out when, who's
Bud> getting a menstrual cycle, who doesn't have one, and we're
Bud> supposed to believe this is going to make us better and safer?"

Bud> "I think not, and, per usual, I don't believe we're sitting
Bud> here on a panel of men that has actually thought about the
Bud> biology and privacy consequences of all women, trans or
Bud> cisgendered," the "Squad" Democrat added.

Bud> Ocasio-Cortez's claim comes almost a year after the Ohio state
Bud> Senate removed a controversial provision from a state House
Bud> proposal barring biological men from competing against women,
Bud> which would have required "internal and external" exams to
Bud> confirm a student- athlete's gender.

Bud> Ohio Senate Republicans replaced the provision with a
Bud> requirement for student-athletes whose gender is in question to
Bud> "present a copy of the participant's original birth
Bud> certificate" to compete.

Bud> "I’m not sure why that’s in the bill, it’s unnecessary,"
Bud> State Senate President Matt Huffman said about the genital
Bud> inspection provision in June 2022.

Bud> "All of these tests can be done with a simple DNA swab,"
Bud> Huffman added.

Bud> Tuesday's hearing saw fireworks from the get-go as Gaines, an
Bud> outspoken advocate of keeping women's sports limited to
Bud> biological women, fired back at Ocasio-Cortez's fellow
Bud> "Squad"-mate, Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa.

Bud> Lee called Gaines' testimony, as well as the testimonies of the
Bud> other women leaders looking to restrict women's sports to
Bud> biological women, "transphobic" in her opening remarks.

Bud> Gaines blasted Lee, the ranking member of the House Oversight
Bud> Subcommittee on Health, after the Squad member took her shot at
Bud> the witnesses' testimony.

Bud> "There's a place for everybody to play sports in this country,"
Bud> Gaines said, noting transgender Americans were included in her
Bud> view. "But unsafe, unfair and discriminatory practices must
Bud> stop."

Bud> "Inclusion cannot be prioritized over safety and fairness," the
Bud> former NCAA swimmer concluded in her opening remarks. "And
Bud> ranking member Lee, if my testimony makes me ‘transphobic,’
Bud> then I believe your opening monologue makes you a misogynist."

Bud> https://news.yahoo.com/riley-gaines-hits-back-squad-215754999.html

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