After Losing to Male Athletes, College Runner Fights for Fairness in Women's Sports

<p>Mary Kate Marshall fell in love with track and cross-country in high school.&nbsp;</p><p>Running “gives me so much confidence,” Marshall said. Now an athlete at Idaho State University, Marshall is fighting for Idaho’s <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/05/04/female-athletes-ask-court-to-allow-idaho-law-banning-males-from-womens-sports-to-go-into-effect/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fairness in Women’s Sports Act</a>—and for every woman's and girl’s right to compete on a level playing field.&nbsp;</p><p>The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act prohibits biological men who "identify" as women from competing in women’s sports. Idaho Gov. Brad Little <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/04/02/idaho-becomes-first-state-to-protect-womens-sports-from-transgender-agenda/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> the legislation in March 2020, but the bill was quickly challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union. <a href="https://adfmedia.org/case/hecox-v-little" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alliance Defending Freedom</a>, a Christian legal nonprofit, represents Marshall and fellow Idaho State University track athlete <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/05/04/female-athletes-ask-court-to-allow-idaho-law-banning-males-from-womens-sports-to-go-into-effect/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Madison Kenyon</a> in their efforts to reinstate the act and protect women’s sports.&nbsp;</p><p>Marshall and Alliance Defending Freedom attorney Christiana Holcomb join the "Problematic Women" podcast to explain the significance of the court battle for Idaho and for women’s sports across the nation.&nbsp;</p><p>Also on today’s show, Melanie Israel, a policy analyst with the DeVos Center for Religion &amp; Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation, explains what you need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments in a case that <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/05/17/roe-v-wade-in-crosshairs-as-supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-major-abortion-case/