Dr. Paul, Sen. Tuberville Introduce Legislation to Preserve Title IX, Protect Women’s Sports

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January 7, 2025

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Dr. Paul, Sen. Tuberville Introduce Legislation to Preserve Title IX, Protect Women's Sports

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) along with 28 Republican Senators introduced the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, or S. 9, to preserve Title IX protections for female athletes. For the past four years, the Biden administration has taken a sledgehammer to Title IX through rulemaking at the Department of Education (ED). This legislation would reverse the harmful ED rule that forces schools to allow males to share private spaces with females and compete in women's sports-or risk losing their funding. This is expected to be the hallmark Senate Republican legislation in the 119^th Congress related to preserving women's sports.

"The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act reflects our commitment to women's rights in sports," said Dr. Paul. "This bill ensures that women have equal opportunities to compete and maintains the integrity of women's sports."

"President Trump ran on the issue of saving women's sports and won in a landslide," said Sen. 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 While I'm glad that the Biden administration ultimately rescinded the proposed rule, Congress must ensure this never happens again.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."

Specifically, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act:

1. Ensures Title IX provisions treat gender as "recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth."
2. Bans recipients of federal funding from operating, sponsoring, or facilitating athletic programs that permit a male to participate in a women's sporting event.

The legislation is endorsed by Independent Women's Voice, Concerned Women for America, and Heritage Action for America.

Dr. Paul and Sen. Tuberville introduced the bill along with U.S. Senators Jim Banks (R-IN), John Barrasso (R-WY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Katie Britt (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Ron Johnson (R-WI), John Kennedy (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Cindy Lummis (R-WY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Jim Risch (R-ID), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Roger Wicker (R-MS).

Read the full text of the legislation HERE.

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