LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Joseph Bellino and Rep. Jason Woolford will host a press conference at 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 6, at the state Capitol to call on the Michigan High School Athletic Association to follow President Donald Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order.
Who:
Sen. Joseph Bellino, R-Monroe.
Rep. Jason Woolford, R-Howell.
Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township.
Sen. Jim Runestad, R-White Lake Township.
Sen. Lana Theis, R-Brighton.
Members of the House Republican caucus.
What:
A press conference to discuss letters sent by Bellino and Woolford to the MHSAA leadership urging it to protect girls’ sports in Michigan by following President Trump’s executive order.
When:
Thursday, March 6, at 9 a.m.
Where:
Michigan Capitol Building
Leader Nesbitt’s office
S-105
100 N. Capitol Ave.
Lansing
Brief:
On Feb. 5, Trump issued an executive order designed to “protect opportunities for women and girls to compete in safe and fair sports” and said that allowing “men to compete in women’s sports” is “demeaning, unfair, and dangerous to women and girls, and denies women and girls the equal opportunity to participate and excel in competitive sports.”
The order directs the federal government to “rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy.”
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