Governor Gianforte, Republican Governors Call on Supreme Court to Protect Women’s Sports

Governor's Office

HELENA, Mont. - Governor Greg Gianforte today led Republican governors in a joint statement to reiterate their support for protecting women's sports for women as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments from Idaho and West Virginia in defense of their laws to protect women's sports:

"Recognizing the unique and inherent biological differences between men and women is not radical, it is commonsense. Those trying to erase our unique differences and ignore biological reality are doing so in the name of 'inclusivity.' Forcing women and girls to compete against men, with greater strength and speed, is the opposite of inclusive. It's unfair. For generations, women fought for equal opportunity on the playing field and won 50 years ago with the passage of Title IX, and now that right is at risk again.

"Across the nation, Republican governors have taken action to enact commonsense laws protecting girls' and women's sports in our states. Today, we Republican governors want to reiterate our calls for the need to protect women's sports and allow young girls to have the same right to an equal and fair playing field.

"Blurring the biological line between men and women breaks down the protections afforded to either gender, and only emboldens those who wish to destroy inherent truths. Together we stand with Idaho and West Virginia in their case at the Supreme Court."

In addition to Gov. Gianforte, signatories to the statement include: Governor Kay Ivey (AL), Governor Mike Dunleavy (AK), Governor Sarah Sanders (AR), Governor Ron DeSantis (FL), Governor Brian Kemp (GA), Governor Brad Little (ID), Governor Mike Braun (IN), Governor Kim Reynolds (IA), Governor Jeff Landry (LA), Governor Tate Reeves (MS), Governor Mike Kehoe (MO), Governor Jim Pillen (NE), Governor Joe Lombardo (NV), Governor Kelly Ayotte (NH), Governor Kelly Armstrong (ND), Governor Mike DeWine (OH), Governor Kevin Stitt (OK), Governor Henry Dargan McMaster (SC), Governor Larry Rhoden (SD), Governor Bill Lee (TN), Governor Greg Abbott (TX), Governor Spencer Cox (UT), Governor Glenn Youngkin (VA), Governor Patrick Morrisey (WV), and Governor Mark Gordon (WY).

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