Today is National Girls & Women in Sports Day. 🏐🏑🎾 You may have heard that female athletes around the country are having to compete against biological boys and men. Unsurprisingly, many male athletes are setting records and winning competitions, taking slots away from women and girls.

IT’S NOT FAIR, and it defeats the purpose of Title IX. Share your story about being, parenting, coaching, or watching a female athlete.

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HURTING NOT HELPING

California Must Stop Relentless March Toward Government-Run Health Care

Americans frustrated by out-of-touch policies in Washington should brace themselves for a new onslaught coming from the west. In California, lawmakers are considering two legislative proposals that would create a state system of single-payer, government-run health care and impose a legion of new tax increases to fund it. The proposals would simultaneously cause chaos within the healthcare system and harm the national recovery after two years of COVID-related disruptions. Read more.

Just In: IWF and IWLC Support Upholding the ERA Ratification Deadline Read

DID YOU KNOW

Was the So-Called War on Drugs To Blame for 'Mass Incarceration'?

Many progressives seem to believe that the enormous growth of America’s prison population from the 1970s through the 2000s was driven primarily by the so-called War on Drugs. But in fact, “mass incarceration” was driven primarily by the enormous rise in violent crime from the 1960s through the 1990s. Between 1961 and 1991, America’s violent-crime rate increased by 380%, with the murder rate increasing by 104%. Read more.

Spotlight: Fairfax County Public Schools Should Let Kids Ditch the Masks Read

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Independent Women's Network members are staying in the loop with the Network's Daily Must Reads — top headlines curated for you along with smart, sometimes withering analysis from Miss Musts herself, Charlotte Hays. Take a peak at the member-exclusive daily feature and learn more about IWN.

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Trending Now: America's New Antisemitism Begins With Cultural Erasure of American Jews Read

TWO TRUTHS & A LIE

Sex and Gender

Many people use the terms “sex” and “gender” interchangeably.

Can you identify which of the following is not true about sex, gender, and gender identity?

A. “Gender” is a synonym for a person’s sex.
B. “Gender identity” refers to a person’s conception of self, not to whether a person is living as transgender.
C. The language we use affects the way that courts interpret the law.

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS

She Thinks Podcast

New Episode: On this episode of She Thinks, Charlotte Whelan, IWF policy analyst, discusses January’s policy focus: Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG). Listen to it here.

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Next Episode: On Friday, Rep. Bryan Steil (WI-01) joins She Thinks to discuss the administration's economic policies and their impact on Americans. Hear it here.

CAPSULE REVIEW

SCOTUS Takes up WOTUS and a Tale of Two Tests

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a pivotal private property rights case that will either confine or expand the federal government’s reach over private land like America’s farms, ranches, homes, private development, and mining operations.

Will COVID Collapse the College Cartel?

Since the latest surge of COVID cases, college students across the country have been prevented from leaving their dormitories, told they may not dine at local restaurants, and forced back into remote classes. There are new signs that students are starting to wonder whether a college education is really worth going through so much trouble.

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