Reschenthaler Applauds House Passage of Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act:
“Title IX’s enactment in 1972 promoted equal opportunity in schools across America, leveling the playing field for female athletes and revolutionizing women’s sports,” said Reschenthaler. “Today, the House passed legislation building on this progress by protecting the integrity of women’s sports and safeguarding female athletes from woke activists’ discriminatory gender politics. I am proud to support the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act and will continue fighting to ensure future generations of female athletes compete on a level playing field.”
Specifically, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act:
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Clarifies that a recipient of federal education funding violates Title IX’s prohibition against sex discrimination if the recipient operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities and allows a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.
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States that sex in the athletic context must be recognized based only on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
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Clarifies that the bill’s provisions do not prohibit schools or institutions from permitting males to practice against women’s sports teams, protecting the longstanding routine of some women’s athletic programs of practicing or scrimmaging against males.
Read the full bill text here.