U.S. House Republicans Pass Bill to Bar Transgender Athletes From Girls’ Sports
Defines sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
January 14, 2025
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The first step toward barring transgender students from competing in girls’ athletics occurred on Tuesday when the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.”
The bill – H.R. 28 – would amend Title IX to prohibit schools from allowing transgender female athletes to participate in athletic programs or activities “designated for women or girls.”
It defines sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) was the main sponsor and received co-sponsorship from Rep. Dan Meuser (R-09). The bill passed by a 218-206-1 count with all 10 members of the Pennsylvania Republican delegation voting in support of the bill, and the seven Democratic members voting against.
The legislation is a cornerstone of the GOP’s education agenda and would deliver on a priority for the incoming Trump administration.
One of Pennsylvania’s newest members of Congress, Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-08), says he voted to protect female athletes and allow them the chances they’ve rightfully earned to showcase their incredible talents.
“Women and girls deserve a fair and level playing field with the opportunities to succeed in women’s sports that are not hindered by participation from biological males,” he tweeted. “Men and women are biologically and physically built different and allowing biological males to compete in physical competition endangers the safety of NEPA’s female athletes.”
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-05) condemned the bill as a “red herring.”
“The bill makes no effort to address the actual barriers that women and girls face in school athletics, including sexual harassment and assault, and lack of equal resources and opportunities,” she said in a statement. “Instead, H.R. 28 discriminates against transgender and intersex children as young as 4, banning them from participating in school sports with their friends, and creating a system likely to lead to invasive examinations of youngsters in order to prove their sex.
“I’ve met with transgender children and teens and their parents, and seen the huge struggles these families face – including lack of understanding and outright prejudice. Instead of protecting these vulnerable kids, H.R. 28 weaponizes the federal government to further discriminate against them.”
Rep. Summer Lee (D-12) joined Scanlon in opposition.
“House Republicans have lost the plot so badly that in their supposed crusade to “protect women and girls” they’ve passed a bill that could subject any girl or woman to invasive genitalia inspections, medical testing, and harassment,” she tweeted. “If House Republicans cared about women’s sports, they’d fight for equal pay, increasing access to opportunity, and ending systemic issues that keep women in sports underappreciated and undervalued. They only care when it is an opportunity to demonize trans folks.”
Three Pennsylvania state House members – Rep. Barbara Gleim (R-Cumberland), Martina White (R-Philadelphia), and Rep. Stephanie Borowicz (R-Clinton/Union), are circulating a sponsorship memoranda reintroducing the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” which would ensure women are not forced to compete against biological males playing on women’s sports teams.
White tweeted that the bill’s passage was “A HUGE win for female athletes today in Washington! Great work by everyone involved who want to protect women’s sports!”
The future of the bill in the U.S. Senate is unclear. The upper chamber will be focused on President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominations for most of the week. The bill could also stall because it would require some Democratic support in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Trump has vowed to address women’s athletics and has signaled he could issue an executive order to bar transgender women and girls from women’s sports after he takes office on Monday.
The first step toward barring transgender students from competing in girls’ athletics occurred on Tuesday when the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.”
The bill – H.R. 28 – would amend Title IX to prohibit schools from allowing transgender female athletes to participate in athletic programs or activities “designated for women or girls.”
It defines sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) was the main sponsor and received co-sponsorship from Rep. Dan Meuser (R-09). The bill passed by a 218-206-1 count with all 10 members of the Pennsylvania Republican delegation voting in support of the bill, and the seven Democratic members voting against.
The legislation is a cornerstone of the GOP’s education agenda and would deliver on a priority for the incoming Trump administration.
One of Pennsylvania’s newest members of Congress, Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-08), says he voted to protect female athletes and allow them the chances they’ve rightfully earned to showcase their incredible talents.
“Women and girls deserve a fair and level playing field with the opportunities to succeed in women’s sports that are not hindered by participation from biological males,” he tweeted. “Men and women are biologically and physically built different and allowing biological males to compete in physical competition endangers the safety of NEPA’s female athletes.”
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-05) condemned the bill as a “red herring.”
“The bill makes no effort to address the actual barriers that women and girls face in school athletics, including sexual harassment and assault, and lack of equal resources and opportunities,” she said in a statement. “Instead, H.R. 28 discriminates against transgender and intersex children as young as 4, banning them from participating in school sports with their friends, and creating a system likely to lead to invasive examinations of youngsters in order to prove their sex.
“I’ve met with transgender children and teens and their parents, and seen the huge struggles these families face – including lack of understanding and outright prejudice. Instead of protecting these vulnerable kids, H.R. 28 weaponizes the federal government to further discriminate against them.”
Rep. Summer Lee (D-12) joined Scanlon in opposition.
“House Republicans have lost the plot so badly that in their supposed crusade to “protect women and girls” they’ve passed a bill that could subject any girl or woman to invasive genitalia inspections, medical testing, and harassment,” she tweeted. “If House Republicans cared about women’s sports, they’d fight for equal pay, increasing access to opportunity, and ending systemic issues that keep women in sports underappreciated and undervalued. They only care when it is an opportunity to demonize trans folks.”
Three Pennsylvania state House members – Rep. Barbara Gleim (R-Cumberland), Martina White (R-Philadelphia), and Rep. Stephanie Borowicz (R-Clinton/Union), are circulating a sponsorship memoranda reintroducing the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” which would ensure women are not forced to compete against biological males playing on women’s sports teams.
White tweeted that the bill’s passage was “A HUGE win for female athletes today in Washington! Great work by everyone involved who want to protect women’s sports!”
The future of the bill in the U.S. Senate is unclear. The upper chamber will be focused on President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominations for most of the week. The bill could also stall because it would require some Democratic support in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Trump has vowed to address women’s athletics and has signaled he could issue an executive order to bar transgender women and girls from women’s sports after he takes office on Monday.
The first step toward barring transgender students from competing in girls’ athletics occurred on Tuesday when the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.”
The bill – H.R. 28 – would amend Title IX to prohibit schools from allowing transgender female athletes to participate in athletic programs or activities “designated for women or girls.”
It defines sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) was the main sponsor and received co-sponsorship from Rep. Dan Meuser (R-09). The bill passed by a 218-206-1 count with all 10 members of the Pennsylvania Republican delegation voting in support of the bill, and the seven Democratic members voting against.
The legislation is a cornerstone of the GOP’s education agenda and would deliver on a priority for the incoming Trump administration.
One of Pennsylvania’s newest members of Congress, Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-08), says he voted to protect female athletes and allow them the chances they’ve rightfully earned to showcase their incredible talents.
“Women and girls deserve a fair and level playing field with the opportunities to succeed in women’s sports that are not hindered by participation from biological males,” he tweeted. “Men and women are biologically and physically built different and allowing biological males to compete in physical competition endangers the safety of NEPA’s female athletes.”
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-05) condemned the bill as a “red herring.”
“The bill makes no effort to address the actual barriers that women and girls face in school athletics, including sexual harassment and assault, and lack of equal resources and opportunities,” she said in a statement. “Instead, H.R. 28 discriminates against transgender and intersex children as young as 4, banning them from participating in school sports with their friends, and creating a system likely to lead to invasive examinations of youngsters in order to prove their sex.
“I’ve met with transgender children and teens and their parents, and seen the huge struggles these families face – including lack of understanding and outright prejudice. Instead of protecting these vulnerable kids, H.R. 28 weaponizes the federal government to further discriminate against them.”
Rep. Summer Lee (D-12) joined Scanlon in opposition.
“House Republicans have lost the plot so badly that in their supposed crusade to “protect women and girls” they’ve passed a bill that could subject any girl or woman to invasive genitalia inspections, medical testing, and harassment,” she tweeted. “If House Republicans cared about women’s sports, they’d fight for equal pay, increasing access to opportunity, and ending systemic issues that keep women in sports underappreciated and undervalued. They only care when it is an opportunity to demonize trans folks.”
Three Pennsylvania state House members – Rep. Barbara Gleim (R-Cumberland), Martina White (R-Philadelphia), and Rep. Stephanie Borowicz (R-Clinton/Union), are circulating a sponsorship memoranda reintroducing the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” which would ensure women are not forced to compete against biological males playing on women’s sports teams.
White tweeted that the bill’s passage was “A HUGE win for female athletes today in Washington! Great work by everyone involved who want to protect women’s sports!”
The future of the bill in the U.S. Senate is unclear. The upper chamber will be focused on President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominations for most of the week. The bill could also stall because it would require some Democratic support in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Trump has vowed to address women’s athletics and has signaled he could issue an executive order to bar transgender women and girls from women’s sports after he takes office on Monday.
The first step toward barring transgender students from competing in girls’ athletics occurred on Tuesday when the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.”
The bill – H.R. 28 – would amend Title IX to prohibit schools from allowing transgender female athletes to participate in athletic programs or activities “designated for women or girls.”
It defines sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) was the main sponsor and received co-sponsorship from Rep. Dan Meuser (R-09). The bill passed by a 218-206-1 count with all 10 members of the Pennsylvania Republican delegation voting in support of the bill, and the seven Democratic members voting against.
The legislation is a cornerstone of the GOP’s education agenda and would deliver on a priority for the incoming Trump administration.
One of Pennsylvania’s newest members of Congress, Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-08), says he voted to protect female athletes and allow them the chances they’ve rightfully earned to showcase their incredible talents.
“Women and girls deserve a fair and level playing field with the opportunities to succeed in women’s sports that are not hindered by participation from biological males,” he tweeted. “Men and women are biologically and physically built different and allowing biological males to compete in physical competition endangers the safety of NEPA’s female athletes.”
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-05) condemned the bill as a “red herring.”
“The bill makes no effort to address the actual barriers that women and girls face in school athletics, including sexual harassment and assault, and lack of equal resources and opportunities,” she said in a statement. “Instead, H.R. 28 discriminates against transgender and intersex children as young as 4, banning them from participating in school sports with their friends, and creating a system likely to lead to invasive examinations of youngsters in order to prove their sex.
“I’ve met with transgender children and teens and their parents, and seen the huge struggles these families face – including lack of understanding and outright prejudice. Instead of protecting these vulnerable kids, H.R. 28 weaponizes the federal government to further discriminate against them.”
Rep. Summer Lee (D-12) joined Scanlon in opposition.
“House Republicans have lost the plot so badly that in their supposed crusade to “protect women and girls” they’ve passed a bill that could subject any girl or woman to invasive genitalia inspections, medical testing, and harassment,” she tweeted. “If House Republicans cared about women’s sports, they’d fight for equal pay, increasing access to opportunity, and ending systemic issues that keep women in sports underappreciated and undervalued. They only care when it is an opportunity to demonize trans folks.”
Three Pennsylvania state House members – Rep. Barbara Gleim (R-Cumberland), Martina White (R-Philadelphia), and Rep. Stephanie Borowicz (R-Clinton/Union), are circulating a sponsorship memoranda reintroducing the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” which would ensure women are not forced to compete against biological males playing on women’s sports teams.
White tweeted that the bill’s passage was “A HUGE win for female athletes today in Washington! Great work by everyone involved who want to protect women’s sports!”
The future of the bill in the U.S. Senate is unclear. The upper chamber will be focused on President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominations for most of the week. The bill could also stall because it would require some Democratic support in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Trump has vowed to address women’s athletics and has signaled he could issue an executive order to bar transgender women and girls from women’s sports after he takes office on Monday.
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