U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) led 29 Republican colleagues in reintroducing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to preserve Title IX protections for female athletes on Tuesday.
For the past four years, the Biden administration has weakened Title IX through rulemaking at the Department of Education. Tuberville’s legislation would reverse the harmful rule that forces schools to allow males to share private spaces with females and compete in women’s sports—or risk losing their funding.
Tuberville has fought to protect women’s sports during his entire time in Congress. Last year, Tuberville forced a vote on an amendment that would protect female athletes by keeping men out of women’s sports—all 51 Democrats voted against it.
“President Trump ran on the issue of saving women’s sports and won in a landslide,” said Tuberville. “70% of Americans agree—men don’t belong in women’s sports or locker rooms. I have said many times that I think Title IX is one of the best things to come out of Washington. But in the last few years, it has been destroyed."
"While I’m glad that the Biden administration ultimately rescinded the proposed rule, Congress has to ensure this never happens again. I am welcoming my first granddaughter this spring and won’t stop fighting until her rights to fairly compete are protected. I hope every one of my colleagues will join me in standing up for our daughters, nieces, and granddaughters by voting for this critical bill,” he added.
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) was also an original cosponsor of the bill.
“For daughters like mine and generations to come, we’ve got to protect women and girls in sports. I appreciate the leadership of Senator Tuberville in introducing this commonsense legislation," she stated. "This is about fighting for girls and women to have the opportunity to compete safely and fairly.”
Read the full text of the legislation here.
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