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GOP bill to ban trans athletes from women’s sports blocked in Senate

Senate Democrats unanimously blocked the Republican-led Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which aimed to ban transgender athletes from women's sports, by a party-line vote of 51-45.
Senator Tommy Tuberville introduced the bill, which had previously passed the House but failed to advance in the Senate due to insufficient votes.
A New York Times/Ipsos poll found that 79% of American adults opposed allowing transgender female athletes to compete in women's sports.
Senator Susan Collins emphasized the importance of fairness for girls and women in sports, arguing that Title IX was meant to provide them opportunities.

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Fox 59 Indianapolis

Gov. Braun signs executive orders that take aim at ‘extreme gender ideology,’ participation in women’s sports

INDIANAPOLIS- Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed two executive orders on Tuesday, both of which take aim at what Braun calls "extreme gender ideology" as well as the prohibition of transgender women from competing in female-only sports in the state of Indiana. According to a news release from Braun's office, Braun said these two orders "ensure fairness in women's sports" and reject "extreme gender ideology in favor of the scientific reality of biolo…

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The Conversation

It’s important to protect trans athletes on campuses, and this benefits all students

United States President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender and gender diverse (trans) women athletes from competing in women’s sports, at the beginning of his presidential term on Feb. 5, showed the president accelerating a long-standing moral panic about queer and trans people. Bearing the offensive title “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” the executive order misinterprets a U.S. law called Title IX to suggest falsely that tra…

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Senate Democrats Unanimously Oppose Protecting Women's Sports

Democrats can continue to defend the indefensible for as long as they want, but voters are starting to catch on. The post Senate Democrats Unanimously Oppose Protecting Women’s Sports first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

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The Blaze

Critics lay into Dem senators for killing bill that would keep male cross-dressers out of women's sports

Democrats in the US Senate evidently don't share Americans' concerns about men brutalizing women and stealing their trophies.

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You Are Not Dreaming: Senate Dems Actually Banded Together to Block an Anti-Trans Sports Ban

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Bill To Ban Biological Males From Women’s Sports Blocked by Democrats

By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | March 03, 2025 Senate Democrats voted late Monday afternoon to block a bill that would have prevented biological males from participating in women’s sports from reaching the floor.p The vote failed along party lines, with 51 Republicans in favor of ending debate and bringing it to the floor, and 43 Democrats and two nominal independents who caucus with them voting against. Two Democrats and two Republicans …

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