The new Republican-controlled Congress will hear arguments on a bill that would seek to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports in its first 100 days after voting yes on a new rules package on Friday.
The 119th Congress passed the new rules package after re-electing Mike Johnson as House Speaker. A bill to address the issue of gender identity in sport was considered a top priority.
“A bill to amend the Educational Amendments of 1972 to provide that, for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of said Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth “, the first point of the final text. section of the package indicates.
Democrats have previously introduced several bills to protect transgender inclusion in women’s and girls’ sports nationally, including the Equality Act and the Transgender Bill of Rights. The Biden administration took 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, those efforts have stalled over the past year, as Democrats withdrew their support for transgender inclusion amid immense backlash in a heated election year. Biden’s Department of Education even withdrew its proposed rule that would have prohibited states from banning transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports in late December, after it was initially proposed in April 2023.
Now, after President-elect Trump and other prominent Republicans vowed to take action to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports before the election, there is a timeline for when those actions can begin.
Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., welcomed Friday’s vote and will reintroduce the bill included in the rules package, the Protecting Women and Girls in Sports Act.
“The radical left is out of step with the American people on the issue of protecting women’s sports,” Steube said in a statement released Friday..
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“Americans have spoken loudly about how they don’t want men stealing sports records from women, breaking into their daughters’ locker rooms, replacing female athletes on teams, and taking advantage of their daughters’ scholarship opportunities.
“My legislation stands for truth, safety and reality: men have no place in women’s sports. Republicans have promised to protect women’s sports, and under President Trump’s leadership, we will deliver on this promise.”
This bill ensures that biological women compete against other biological women in women’s sports operated or sponsored by a recipient of federal funds.
Other women’s advocacy groups have also welcomed impending legislative action on the issue after a year of multiple controversies involving transgender athletes competing and sharing locker rooms with biological women and girls across the country.
Concerned Women for America (CWA) provided a statement to Pak Gazette Digital, praising the prioritization of the bill.
“There is no question that this should be a legislative priority in the 119th Congress. The Biden administration and his company have launched a full-scale attack on the dignity of women. Leaders must act quickly to restore sensitivity to policies and immediately rescue young women from the disastrous fires of woke ideology,” CWA legislative strategist Macy Petty told Pak Gazette Digital.
“No girl should see the most powerful politicians in the world vote to put men in their locker room. Not in the Land of the Free. It’s cowardice and disgusting. But it’s the reality of our political landscape. Last Congress, the House passed legislation similar based on strict partisan lines. One party voted that women deserve private spaces, the other did not.”
The conservative advocacy group Heritage Action for America issued a statement Friday celebrating the vote.
“Today, the House also considered the rules package for the 119th Congress that includes important legislative priorities for Heritage Action, including the SAVE Act and the Protecting Women and Girls in Sports Act. Congress must now begin work to enact a bold conservative agenda. We congratulate President Johnson on his re-election as Speaker of the House and look forward to working with all members of the 119th Congress to implement conservative policy victories,” the statement said.
TO national exit poll conducted by the CWA Legislative Action Committee found that 70% of moderate voters considered the issue of “Donald Trump’s opposition to transgender boys and men playing girls’ and women’s sports because boys and girls” important to them. “transgender men use girls’ and women’s bathrooms.”
And 6% said it was the most important issue of all, while 44% said it was “very important.”
