Maine attorney general says 'there are no concerns of safety' by letting trans athletes play in girls' sports

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey addressed the suit filed against his authorities by the U.S. Department of Justice connected Wednesday implicit the state's stance regarding transgender athletes successful girls' and women's sports.

In an interrogation with CNN, Frey defended his state's continued enactment for trans inclusion, insisting that "there are nary issues of safety" for letting biologic males vie with girls. 

"We’ve been moving though to recognize what, if immoderate problem, exists with the participation. If immoderate of the harms that are being alleged truly are of immoderate interest and what we’ve identified, determination truly are nary concerns of safety," Frey said.

Frey besides said determination are "no concerns" astir trans athletes who are "just choosing" to vie successful the girls' category. 

"There are nary concerns astir individuals who are conscionable choosing which sex they privation to springiness themselves successful bid to participate. So that excessively is truly aft a batch to enactment connected whether oregon not there’s immoderate contented present that warrants this intrusion by the national authorities connected what’s going connected successful Maine schools," Frey said. 

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National consciousness of trans athletes successful Maine was ignited erstwhile authorities Rep. Laurel Libby identified a rod vault jumper who won a girls' contention for Greely High School aft competing successful the boys' class successful erstwhile seasons. 

Safety concerns implicit trans inclusion successful girls' and women's sports were heightened nationally aft erstwhile precocious schoolhouse volleyball subordinate Payton McNabb suffered a concussion, encephalon bleed and imperishable whiplash aft getting struck successful the look with a volleyball deed by a trans athlete. 

Still, Frey insists that information and competitory concerns are not connected the radar of the Democratic officials successful Maine, claiming they are lone presently alert of 2 trans athletes competing successful girls' sports successful the state. 

"There is conscionable a tiny fig of trans students who are participating successful sports, that 2 fig is each that we've travel up with," Frey said. He besides suggested that Maine is pursuing some authorities and national instrumentality by allowing trans inclusion successful girls' sports. 

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"Our presumption is that Title IX, accordant with the Maine Human Rights Act, truthful some national and authorities law, supports that trans girls volition beryllium capable to enactment successful precocious schoolhouse sports accordant with their sex identity," Frey said. "So my contention is Maine is pursuing Title IX, Maine is pursuing the Maine Human Rights Act." 

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the suit astatine a property league connected Wednesday morning.

Bondi said they were seeking an injunction and person titles returned to the girls who "rightfully" won competitions successful which trans athletes participated in. The Justice Department accused the authorities of "openly and defiantly flouting national anti-discrimination instrumentality by enforcing policies that require girls to vie against boys successful diversion competitions designated exclusively for girls," according to a ailment obtained by Fox News.

"By prioritizing sex individuality implicit biologic reality, Maine’s policies deprive girl athletes of just competition, contradict them adjacent diversion opportunities, and exposure them to heightened risks of carnal wounded and intelligence harm," the ailment added.

The ailment besides said the U.S. volition question "judgment granting declaratory injunctive, and damages alleviation for Defendant’s violations of Title IX and the national backing contracts it signed promising to comply with Title IX and its implementing regulations."

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills released a connection aboriginal connected Wednesday successful effect to the lawsuit. 

"Today is the latest, expected salvo successful an unprecedented run to unit the State of Maine to disregard the Constitution and wantonness the regularisation of law. This substance has ne'er been astir schoolhouse sports oregon the extortion of women and girls, arsenic has been claimed, it is astir states rights and defending the regularisation of instrumentality against a national authorities bent connected imposing its will, alternatively of upholding the law. Federal Judge Woodcock's ruling of past Friday awarding the authorities a impermanent restraining bid reinforces our presumption that the national authorities has been acting unlawfully," the connection work successful part. 

Meanwhile, a schoolhouse territory successful Maine is moving to comply with Trump alternatively of the authorities implicit the issue. The MSAD #70 School Board voted unanimously connected Monday nighttime to comply with Title IX, and Superintendent Tyler Putnam told Fox News Digital that helium volition amend the district's policies to forestall trans athletes from competing successful girls' sports. 

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