Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since January 20, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Abbott previously served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015. He is the third governor of any U.S. state to permanently use a wheelchair. He is also the first disabled governor in Texas history.
Transgender Athletes Face Bans From Girls’ Sports in 10 U.S. States
nytimes.comTexas has become the latest, and the most populous, state to bar transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports at public schools.
Texas interscholastic rules had already prevented athletes from competing outside the gender category they were assigned at birth, unless they had changed their birth certificates to reflect their gender identity.
But conservative lawmakers wanted to close the loophole, so they put forward a bill that was signed into law on Monday by Gov.
Greg Abbott, a Republican. The legislation, commonly referred to as House Bill 25, or H.B. 25, is scheduled to take effect on Jan.
