U.S. House passes the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act
April 20, 2023 | Washington, D.C.
The U.S. House today passed H.R.734 - Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023, which allows women and girls a fair playing field in competitive sports by upholding Title IX’s recognition of a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth. The bill passed by a vote of 219-203.
According to Eagle Forum President Kristen A. Ullman, this bill is necessary because in contradiction to the historical interpretation of Title IX, the Biden Administration’s Department of Education released a regulation that will erase the protections the law provides female athletes. This perversion of Title IX will allow biological males to play in female sports in schools and colleges. Although twenty states have passed laws protecting these programs, the new regulation will override state sovereignty and make every school seek accommodation in every sport at every grade level if they want to have a girls-only team. The burden of proof would shift to schools to justify any program that ‘discriminates’ against biological males by keeping teams all-female.
H.R.734 re-establishes the original intent of Title IX by clarifying that any institution receiving federal funds cannot allow biological males to compete in sports explicitly for females. This would protect girls’ privacy, give female athletes a fair playing field, and safeguard athletic scholarship opportunities for women.
“It is a scientific fact that men and women are biologically different,” said Congressman Morgan Luttrell (District 8). Title IX extablished a level playing field for women, but, unfortunately, the Biden Administration is actively pushing a woke agenda that will take away opportunities for woemn who have worked extremely hard to be where they are, on and off the field. This is commonsense legislation that stands up for the rights of female athletes by putting fairness, competition, and safety first.”
“The House put points on the board toward ensuring the original Title IX protections,” Ullman said, “but the game is not over. We encourage the Senate to take up this important issue and implore the President to reconsider his opposition to safe and fair competition for female athletes at all levels of competition. Only then can we actually win the game for our daughters.”