WPBN: The law that Senator Tommy Tuberville has proposed would prevent transgender athletes from competing in sports that are traditionally reserved for women.
Tuberville stated on Wednesday that the Republican majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate will make it possible for the Republican Party to pass legislation that may have been unsuccessful in previous years. This includes, among other things, a cause that he and other Republicans have supported in the past.
“We need to be 100% clear about this: biological males do not belong in any spaces designated for females,” Tuberville stated. “It’s unsafe, it’s unfair and it’s wrong.”
Tuesday marked the day that Tuberville presented the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to the public. According to the proposed legislation, a person’s sex would be determined by their biological sex at the time of birth.
If it is passed, school athletics would be required to deny transgender athletes the opportunity to play under their preferred gender identification in order to comply with Title IX, which is a rule that prohibits discrimination in schools based on a person’s gender identity.
It has been said by Tuberville that the measure would prevent any group from receiving federal support if it permits biological males to be present in areas that are intended for women.
“This issue is important to me because I witness the positive impacts of Title IX shortly after it was signed into law when I was coaching women’s basketball many years ago,” Tuberville stated. “Title IX is one of the best things to come out of this Congress.”
It is the third time that a Republican has moved forward with the introduction of the bill. A year ago, it was approved by the Senate, but it was defeated in the House.
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According to Tuberville, he anticipates that President Donald Trump will issue an executive order concerning women’s sports not long after he takes office, and he will want the backing of Congress in order to successfully carry out this plan.
“We have to do it for law because we all know executive orders only last as long as a president’s there,” Tuberville said. “This needs to be written in stone.”
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A bill such as the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act may be subject to legal challenges from the courts, according to Tuberville, who acknowledged the possibility of such challenges.
A total of thirty Republican senators in the Senate are on board with the bill, and among them is Katie Britt, the junior senator for Alabama.
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