New Hampshire Senate Passes Bill That Would Ban Transgenders From Girl's Sports

The New Hampshire State Senate has sided with common sense in the transgenders in girl’s sports debate.

Earlier this week, the senate passed SB 1205, which would prohibit transgendered females (who are biological males) from competing in girl’s sports from the 5-12 grade levels in the Granite State. This recent development comes on the heels of a transgendered female named Maelle Jacques winning several high-profile track and field events at the girls' Division II level.

While the bill is not yet law within the state, Senate President Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) said that it was a necessary move for the senate to make to protect girls from competing in unfair circumstances.

"When we talk about fairness and rights, we can’t cover every circumstance. And so in a very narrow way that I think to most of us is very clear, biological boys have an advantage over biological girls," Bradley said, according to Fox News. "We’ll never be able to legislate total fairness. But what we can’t do is create rights for one at the expense of another."

The New Hampshire State House in Concord, New Hampshire, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. New Hampshire's primary Tuesday is the stage for a crucial showdown between Donald Trump and Nikki Haley, the last major challenger standing between the former president and the GOP nomination. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

While that is a refreshing return to logic and reason, plenty of progressives in the senate were (unsurprisingly) not thrilled with the result. Sen. Debra Altschiller (D-Stratham) loathed the bill’s passing and called the bill unnecessary because there are only five transgendered females competing in the state.

"Those five girls are not a threat. They are the threatened," she said. "While this gesture of protection may seem valiant, we say, ‘No thank you.’ If you really want to protect girls, protect the marginalized transgender girls."

Leftists can say "No thank you" all they want, but the bill really is necessary. It doesn’t matter how many transgender female athletes are competing in the state. Even allowing one puts many girls at risk for at worst, serious injury, and at least unfair competition.

Furthermore, transgendered girls aren’t really girls. So asking that they would get preferential treatment over real, biological girls is about as backwards as it gets.

The bill still needs to be passed by Gov. Chris Sununu for it to become law. More than 20 other states in America have passed similar legislation.