On Monday, after all Democrats voted against it, transgender athletes failed to move on to the Senate in the law to prevent athletes from participating in girls and women games.
Protecting women and girls in the Sports Act failed to clear the initial procedure barrier over 51-45 votes. To move on, he needed 60 votes, which would have to vote with all the Republicans to move at least seven Democrats. The Bill cleared the house on almost a full party-line vote in January.
San. The move sponsored by Tommy Tuberville (R-Al.) Sought to improve the Federal Civil Rights Act against sexual discrimination, the title IX, trying to allow schools to participate in athletic programs “designated for women or girls” to transgender students. It defines sex as “only a person’s reproductive life. Based on genetics at birth and at birth”.
The transgender student-athletes will effectively codify in the law in the executive order of February 5 signed by President Trump to ban girls and women’s sports teams.
The Senate Republicans expected resistance from Democrats, who blocked the same bill in 2022.
In front of the vote on Monday, Senate majority leader John Thyun (Rs .D) said it would be time to “choose for Democrats.”
“If Democrats vote to oppose this law, they have to answer the women and girls who have voted for them to release,” he said.
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Later, he argued that the question of whether the transgender athletes’ participation in the game of athletes is not biased, pointing to recent. New York Times/Ipsos Paul It was found that perception perception percent of Americans believe that trans -athletes should not be allowed to participate in female athletics.
“It is not necessary to have a Republican or a Democratic issue,” said Tuberville. “This is a standing brother for girls and women, who I know that my democratic colleagues also care.”
Recent PW Research Center Survey It has been found that Americans have received more support of policies that ban transgender rights, in which athletes need to compete on sports teams that match their birth sex.
Opponents of policies that prevent transgender athletes from participating in girls and women’s games and said that such restrictions will further differentiate transgender youths and stigmat their identity.
They say that such policies also encourage public speculation about whether women athletes are, transgender, female looks enough to participate in sports.
San. Brian Sktz (D-Hawai) said on Monday that the Republicans are looking for a problem to stimulate the culture war and share people against each other today.
The House Democrats, except for two of which were voted against the bill in January, said that the steps would open the door to sexual exploitation and invite the aggressive scrutiny of the girls’ bodies, dubbing the “Child Predator Empowerment Act”.
“Bill like this sends a message that transgender children are not subject to the same opportunities to be rich as their peers. The National LGBTQ Civil Rights Group, president of the Human Rights campaign, said that it is impossible to implement all children without the risk of aggressive questions or physical examinations, because no one looks like or wears.
While half the nation states have passed the laws preventing transgender students from participating in a game consistent with their gender identity, the exact number of trans-student-athletes is unclear.
NCAA President Charlie Becker told the Senate Panel in December that more than 510,000 NCAA athletes were less than 10 transgender. Following Trump’s executive order, the NCAA stopped transgender athletes in February.
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