Megan Rapinoe says efforts to bar trans athletes from women's sports are 'attack on women in society'

Former U.S. Women's National Team prima Megan Rapinoe said Tuesday that efforts to barroom transgender athletes from competing successful women's sports magnitude to "an onslaught connected women successful society," arguing nan statement extends acold beyond questions of fairness successful diversion competition.

Appearing connected ABC's "The View," Rapinoe dismissed arguments that restrictions connected transgender athletes are chiefly astir protecting girls' and women's sports. Instead, she argued, opponents are utilizing nan rumor arsenic portion of a broader run against women's empowerment.

"They're going aft trans group successful sports, and they're utilizing this arsenic a wedge rumor because we emotion sports. And, you know, we don't want our small girls to beryllium unsafe successful sports. And it's like, ‘Unsafe from who? But okay,’" Rapinoe said.

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Former US women's nationalist squad subordinate Megan Rapinoe gave her return connected nan US men's team's World Cup nonaccomplishment to Belgium. (Photo by Soobum Im/USSF/Getty Images))

"But now we're utilizing this arsenic like, an overarching thing, erstwhile really what we're attacking women, we're saying, ‘If you look for illustration this arsenic a woman, you tin play, if you look for illustration this arsenic a woman.' There's a measure successful Washington happening correct now that's going to require each girls, conscionable for illustration afloat stop, to spell done a activity test, an invasive, for illustration examining their genitals to spot if they're a woman," Rapinoe said.

Initiative IL26-638, according to nan House Republican Caucus, would "prohibit students it defines arsenic ‘biologically male’ from competing successful definite schoolhouse diversion activities intended for female students only. It would require verification of biologic activity by students’ healthcare providers."

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"They don't for illustration women successful sports because it helps america pinch assurance and power," Rapinoe said. "And we spot truthful galore women successful nan C-suite played elite level sports. It's conscionable awesome for you physically and each of it. But it's an onslaught connected women successful society."

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In a recent article successful Marie Claire entitled, "Anti-Trans Legislation Isn't About 'Protecting Girls'—It's About Distracting Us From What Matters," Rapinoe wrote, "The truth is, trans group person been competing successful sports for decades, and will proceed to participate arsenic this fume surface from bad religion legislators and anti-LGBT groups cloak nan existent harm being done. As pinch truthful galore different manufactured issues we autumn for, women and girls will suffer nan most."

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Rapinoe did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.