The new Republican-controlled Congress will hear arguments on a bill that would do just that ban transgender athletes of participation in women’s sports in the first 100 days after voting yes on a new rules package on Friday.
The 119th Congress passed the new rules package after re-election Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House. A bill to address the issue of gender identity in sports was listed as a top priority.
“A bill to amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such law in the field of athletics, sex shall be recognized solely on the basis of an individual’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth”, the first point in the final section of the package states.
Democrats have previously introduced several bills to protect the inclusion of transgender people in women’s and girls’ sports nationally, including the Equality Act and the Transgender Bill of Rights. The Biden administration has taken multiple steps to enable transgender inclusion through executive orders, including an order on his first day in office in 2021.
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However, these efforts have stalled over the past year as Democrats have withdrawn support for transgender inclusion amid massive backlash in a heated election year. Biden’s Department of Education even withdrew a proposed rule in late December that would ban states from banning transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports, after initially proposing it in April 2023.
Now that President-elect Trump and other prominent Republicans have pledged to take action to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports before the election, there is a timeline for when that action could begin.
Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., celebrated Friday’s vote and will reintroduce the vote the bill included in the rules package, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sport Act.
“The radical left is not aligned with the American people when it comes to protecting women’s sports,” Steube said in a statement released Friday..
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“Americans have said loudly that they don’t want men to steal women’s sports records, enter their daughters’ locker rooms, replace female athletes on teams and take away their daughters’ college scholarships.
“My legislation stands for truth, safety and reality: men do not belong in women’s sports. Republicans have promised to protect women’s sports, and under President Trump’s leadership, we will deliver on that promise.”
This bill would ensure that biological women compete with other biological women in women’s sports administered or sponsored by a recipient of federal funding.
Other women’s activist groups have also celebrated the upcoming legislative action in this area after a year of multiple controversies involving transgender athletes competing against and sharing locker rooms with biological women and girls across the country.
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The Concerned Women for America (CWA) issued a statement to Fox News Digital praising the bill’s prioritization.
“There is no doubt that this should be a legislative priority in the 119th Congress. The Biden administration and the company have launched a full-scale attack on women’s dignity. Leadership must act quickly to restore sensitivity to public policy and get young girls out of politics immediately. disastrous fires of woke ideology,” CWA legislative strategist Macy Petty told Fox News Digital.
“No little girl should have to watch the most powerful politicians in the world vote to put men in her locker room. Not in the Land of the Free. It’s cowardice and it’s disgusting. But it’s the reality of our political landscape. Last Congress it was House passed similar legislation on strict party lines. One party voted for women to deserve private spaces, the other did not.”
Conservative advocacy group Heritage Action for America released a statement Friday celebrating the vote.
“Today, the House also discussed the rules package for the 119th Congress, which includes key legislative priorities for Heritage Action, including the SAVE Act and the Protecting Women and Girls in Sports Act. Congress must begin the work now to enact a bold conservative agenda. We congratulate Speaker Johnson on his re-election as Speaker of the House of Representatives and look forward to working with all members of the 119th Congress to achieve conservative policy victories,” the statement said.
A national exit poll Research from the CWA Legislative Action Committee found that 70% of moderate voters view the issue of “Donald Trump’s opposition to transgender boys and men playing girls’ and women’s sports and transgender boys and men using girls’ and women’s restrooms” as important considered for them.
And 6% said it was the most important issue, while 44% said it was “very important.”
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