Arkansas becomes second state to ban transgender athletes from female sports teams

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed a bill on Thursday that would ban transgender student athletes from joining female sports teams, becoming the second state in the U.S. this year to adopt such a law. 

"I signed the law as a fan of women's sports from basketball to soccer and including many others in which women compete successfully," Hutchinson said in a statement. "This law simply says that female athletes should not have to compete in a sport against a student of the male sex when the sport is designed for women's competition."   "This will help promote and maintain fairness in women's sporting events," he added.