{"id":2390234,"date":"2025-01-14T14:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T19:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-bill-banning-transgender-athletes-in-womens-sports\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T14:58:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T19:58:28","slug":"house-passes-bill-banning-transgender-athletes-in-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-bill-banning-transgender-athletes-in-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"House passes bill banning transgender athletes in women&#8217;s sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-passes-bill-banning-transgender-athletes-in-womens-sports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2390234&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. House \u2063of Representatives has passed the &#8220;Protection \u2064of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025,&#8221; which\u200b bans biological male athletes from competing in \u200dwomen&#8217;s sports. The legislation was passed in a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rejects-executive-privilege-defense-in-peter-navarros-contempt-of-congress-case\/\" title=\"Judge denies executive privilege defense in Navarro&#039;s contempt case.\">party-line\u2062 vote<\/a> of 218 to 206, with only\u2063 two Democrats\u2014Reps. Vincente Gonzalez and\u200b Henry \u200cCuellar\u2014voting in favor, while one Democrat\u2064 voted present. If\u200b enacted, the bill would prevent schools from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/women-shouldnt-accept-third-place-in-a-race-they-won\/\" title=\"Women Shouldn\u2019t Accept Third Place In A Race They Won\">allowing biological males<\/a> to \u2064participate in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-gop-gov-spencer-coxs-reelection-campaign-is-bankrolled-by-far-left-democrats\/\" title=\"Far-left Democrats fund Utah GOP Gov. Spencer Cox&#039;s reelection campaign\">female athletic programs<\/a>, with the \u2064potential\u200b outcome of \u200cfederal funding being \u2062withheld\u2063 from non-compliant schools. During the debate,\u200b many Democrats condemned\u2063 the bill as discriminatory and \u200dargued it invades the\u2063 privacy of young children, raising concerns about enforcement\u2062 methods.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House passes bill to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-house-moves-forward-with-bill-to-ban-transgender-athletes-in-school-sports\/\" title=\"Utah House Moves Forward With Bill To Ban Transgender Athletes In School Sports\">ban transgender athletes<\/a> from girls sports<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1934903\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The House passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">bill banning biological male athletes<\/a> from participating in women&rsquo;s sports in a party-line vote on Tuesday, with only two Democrats voting in favor after some in the party argued transgender issues cost them the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 passed 218 to 206, with two Texas Democrats, Reps. Vincente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, joining Republicans, while Rep. Don Davis (D-NC) voted present. <\/p>\n<p>If signed into law, it would prevent schools from allowing biological males to compete in school athletic programs for women or girls. The government would withhold federal funding from schools where biological men are allowed to compete in female-designated athletics.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the vote, Democrats blasted the bill as &ldquo;hateful&rdquo; and &ldquo;prejudiced&rdquo; during debate on the House floor and in caucus, with many lawmakers arguing that it is an invasion of privacy for young children.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is only one way for you to enforce this, which is to literally get &mdash; and I&rsquo;m a parent &mdash; get in your child&rsquo;s business, ask them to show them their genitals, or call the parents like, what is wrong with you?&rdquo; Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> ahead of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The bill was the first legislative test for House Democrats on their response to transgender issues after Republicans spent <a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/republicans-spent-nearly-215m-on-tv-ads-attacking-trans-rights-this-election\/\">nearly $215 million<\/a> on attack ads that largely went unanswered by Democrats in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats spent much of Tuesday centering their messaging on Republicans&rsquo; legislative slate, arguing the GOP campaigned on economic issues but has spent the first weeks of the 119th Congress pushing partisan politics.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are two weeks into the 119th Congress and already the GOP is wasting our time on political messaging bills,&rdquo; Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) said during the debate.<\/p>\n<p>Several members, including Balint and Reps. Sara Jacobs (D-CA) and Maxwell Frost (D-FL), stood next to a poster that named the bill the &ldquo;GOP Child Predator Empowerment Act.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, Republicans pushed the bill as a &ldquo;common sense&rdquo; way to preserve women&rsquo;s sports and said the presence of men in women&rsquo;s locker rooms is the &ldquo;invasion of privacy.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It saddens me to hear my colleagues who I respect and enjoy working with, on most things, totally unrecognizing the fact that the American people, parents and grandparents, teachers, don&rsquo;t stand with them,&rdquo; Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Girls and women lose their fair chance at winning when a biological male enters the field,&rdquo; Walberg added. &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t let women&rsquo;s sports become collateral damage for the far-left&rsquo;s campaign in the science-based understanding of sex.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) questioned his Democratic colleagues&rsquo; vigorous opposition.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s amazing to me that the idea that we would have X\/Y chromosome males competing and taking the place of women and girls in sports is just mind-blowing,&rdquo; LaMalfa said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Where are the feminists? Where are the people that fought so hard to get rights for women and now they fade into the background over this transgender situation we are advancing way too much in this country?&rdquo; LaMalfa added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3274452\/the-12-bills-house-republicans-have-prioritized-rules-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"12 bills included\">12 bills included<\/a> in the GOP&rsquo;s rules package that will be fast-tracked to the House floor for a vote. One such bill, the Laken Riley Act, received bipartisan support in the House and is on track to receive the same in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>However, this bill may face more pushback from Senate Democrats, which could place the Senate GOP in a bind as they need 60 members to overcome the filibuster. With a 53-seat majority, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 would need bipartisan support before heading to the White House for a signature.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1934903\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1934903\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House passes bill banning transgender athletes from girls&#8217; sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2390235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP23110736331012.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11021,4762,39279,33412,35638],"class_list":["post-2390234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-equality","tag-legislation","tag-sports-policy","tag-transgender-athletes","tag-womens-sports"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP23110736331012.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390234"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390238,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390234\/revisions\/2390238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2390235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}