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Republican Rep. Ron Copeland said he offered the amendment to HB 1973 to protect his daughter.
“I know this is a controversial issue in this body, and when it comes right down to it, I come up here and I’m going to fight for my daughter and all the daughters in the state,” Copeland said at the hearing. “I want everybody to know that I’m here as a father, and if I can’t fight for my daughter's rights, I can’t expect anyone else to do that.”
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Copeland said he is okay with biological women playing male sports due to the biological differences.
Republican Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman was in agreement with Copeland’s amendment.
\"Conflating who can and cannot participate in [sports] is really going to hurt the outcome for our daughters, so as someone who has really benefited from participation in women’s sports, I would ask everyone to stand up for our daughters and for the girls of the state and support this amendment,\" she said.
Missouri Democrat Rep. Ian Mackey went viral on Apr. 14 for his speech condemning a different bill that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls’ sports teams. Mackey spoke up about the same issue again at Monday’s hearing. \"I just want to remind my colleagues 一 colleagues that I have had conversations with over the last few days about this legislation 一 that your vote on the record will last forever,\" Mackey said. \"Do the right thing.\"
Democratic Rep. Peter Merideth also spoke out against the amendment.
\"I’ve got three daughters. I want to protect my three daughters. This stuff is not how we do it … This is not about protecting our daughters. It’s about ignorance and fear,\" Merideth said at the hearing on the bill. \"It’s about bullying the most vulnerable group of kids in our state to score political points.\"
Both bills will move forward and await to be heard on the floor in front of the full chambers.
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