Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was joined by former collegiate swimmers Riley Gaines and Paula Scanlan on Monday for a ceremonial signing of the Save Women’s Sports Act, which prohibits biological males from competing in women’s sports in colleges and universities across the state.
The bill, which was signed into law on June 15, follows a similar piece of legislation Abbott signed in 2021 that requires public school teams through high school in Texas "to be designated by students’ sex assigned at birth." Texas Gov.
Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference at the Texas State Capitol on June 8, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) "We’re here because women’s sports are threatened across the entire country," Abbott said at the signing on Monday. "Some women are being forced to play against biological men, like Riley and Paula were." EX-UPENN SWIMMER TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS ON LIA THOMAS EXPERIENCE; OPENS UP ABOUT 2016 SEXUAL ASSAULT "Women’s college athletic teams are threatened.
College records that women set are threatened. Women’s sports, women’s records, women’s teams, women’s locker rooms – all are jeopardized when biological men are allowed to compete for the titles, for those teams, for those records." Riley Gaines, who swam for Kentucky where she earned All-American honors 12 times, has been among the most outspoken advocates for women’s sports.