Minnesota House fails to pass bill banning trans athletes from participating in women's sports

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The Minnesota House failed to pass the "Preserving Girls’ Sports Act" weeks after President Donald Trump's executive order to ban biological males from competing in women's and girls sports.

HF12 needed 68 House votes for passage, but the bill fell one vote short with 67 affirmative votes to 66 negative votes.

The act stated that "only female students may participate in an elementary or secondary school level athletic team or sport that an educational institution has restricted to women and girls."

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"Female means a female as biologically determined by genetics and defined with respect to an individual’s reproductive system," the bill mentions. 

A rally of supporters and opponents was seen at the Capitol, as they awaited the final vote.  

The Minnesota House had some "emotional discussion" before the bill was eventually voted on, and Republican state Rep. Peggy Scott, who sponsored the act, was among those who spoke. 

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"We cannot allow our girls to be vulnerable to losing their spot on the team, being on the podium, or to injury by a male teammate or male competitor," she said. "That is not safe and that is not fair to our girls."

"We have women and girls around the world that are so afraid of