Senator Marshall joins Tuberville in Introducing Hallmark Legislation to Preserve Title IX, Protect Women’s Sports

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) joined Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and colleagues in reintroducing 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). The 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.

"Men should never compete in women's sports- it's unsafe, unfair, and just plain wrong," said Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. "The dangerous transgender agenda has put activism over girls' safety- forcing women to put themselves in danger in order to compete in the sports they love and undermining all of the opportunities and success of Title IX. I am proud to stand alongside my colleague and friend Coach Tuberville and fight to protect women's and girls' sports."

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 While I'm glad that the Biden administration ultimately rescinded the proposed rule, Congress has to ensure this never happens again.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

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, Heritage Action for America, and Family Policy Alliance.

Read the full text of the legislation here.

BACKGROUND:

As an OBGYN and former coach, Sen. Marshall has been an advocate for protecting Title IX and the future of girls' and women's sports. Sen. Marshall spoke out against President Biden's anti-women Title IX rule and in August 2024, Senator Marshall urged the NCAA President to update their student-athlete policy to ensure only biologically female students can participate in women's sports.

Most recently, Senator Marshall introduced the Defining Male and Female Act, a bill to codify legal definitions of male, female, and sex to ensure they are based on biology rather than ideology. The bill would restore the legal right of girls and women to sex-separate sports and scholarships.

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