Legislative Leaders Step in to Defend Women’s Sports in Arizona

Neil Jones, The Star News Network

“Like it or not, it is Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes’ job to defend state law the

Legislature passes. Because she won’t do her job, I feel an obligation as House Speaker, and as a father of five daughters, to intervene in this case and stand up for women and girls who should not be forced to compete in sports with biological males, who have obvious and unfair physiological advantages that cannot be overlooked,” House Speaker Ben Toma said in a statement emailed to The Arizona Sun Times.