Zero House Democrats Vote to Protect Women’s Sports from Male Intrusion

Not a single Democratic member of the House voted Thursday in favor of legislation that would ban male athletes from competing in girl’s sports.

The bill passed along party lines with 219 Republicans voting in favor and 203 Democrats voting against.

The House measure seeks to amend federal law so that “sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth,” in order to determine Title IX athletics compliance. Title IX mandates that institutions that receive public funding from the federal government cannot discriminate on the basis of sex.

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce has clarified that the bill would not “prohibit schools or institutions from permitting males to practice against women’s sports teams.” Representative Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.) who is the chairwoman of the Committee, applauded the vote on Twitter: “Women and girls won today.”

“This legislation is the first step towards restoring integrity and fairness in women’s sports. The strides of women in sports should never be sacrificed to appease the radical woke mobs on the left,” the North Carolina representative said afterward during a press conference late Thursday morning.

However, House Democrats have condemned the bill as part of a broader pattern demonizing the LGBT community.

“Trans kids deserve the right to be equal members of their school communities, learn sportsmanship, and challenge themselves outside of the classroom, including by participating in school sports,” Representative Mark Pocan (D., Wis.) argued in a statement released in early March following the bill’s passage through the Committee.

While the bill is not expected to be taken up in the Democratic-controlled Senate, the White House has already said that President Biden will veto it should it reach his desk. “Discrimination has no place in our nation’s schools or on our playing fields,” a Statement of Administration Policy released on Monday noted.

“At a time when transgender youth already face a nationwide mental health crisis, with half of transgender youth in a recent survey saying they have seriously considered suicide, a national law that further stigmatizes these children is completely unnecessary, hurts families and students, and would only put students at greater risk.”

Representative Greg Steube (R., Fla.), who introduced the bill, condemned the White House for turning “their backs on female athletes.”

“The Left is not only encouraging transgender individuals to invade women’s sports, but they celebrate as women are knocked off podiums and shunned to the sidelines. Nothing fair about that,” Steube added.