Biden admin 'ignores the rights of female athletes,' women's rights group says

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Amid an ongoing debate surrounding transgender athletes, a women’s rights group called out the Biden administration on Thursday after the White House announced new policies geared toward expanding the rights of transgender Americans.

The Biden administration put out a statement announcing new actions to support the mental health of transgender children, remove barriers that transgender people face accessing critical government services, while also condemning "the proliferation of dangerous anti-transgender legislative attacks." 

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"The evidence is clear that these types of bills stigmatize and worsen the well-being and mental health of transgender kids, and they put loving and supportive families across the country at risk of discrimination and harassment. As the President has said, these bills are government overreach at its worst, they are un-American, and they must stop," the statement read. 

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signs a bill in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, that prevents transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams. Stitt signed the bill flanked by more than a dozen young female athletes, including his eighth-grade daughter Piper.  (AP Photo/Sean Murphy)

Ginny Gentles, senior fellow at Independent Women’s Forum, told Fox News Digital on Thursday that the administration's recent policies "ignores the rights of female athletes."

"By actively opposing state laws that protect women's sports and repeatedly assuring activists that he will always have their back, the President ignores the rights of