Originally published at National Catholic Register
The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 would deny federal funding to any educational institution that permits biological males in female athletics.
A bill to prevent biological males from competing in women’s and girls’ sports passed the U.S. House of Representatives in a mostly partisan vote Tuesday afternoon.
The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025, sponsored by Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., would deny federal funding to any K-12 school, college, university, or other educational institution that permits biological males in female athletics.
“It shall be a violation … for a recipient of federal financial assistance who operates, sponsors, or facilitates an athletic program or activity to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls,” the text of the four-page bill reads.
The Republican bill would do this by amending Title IX — a 1972 federal law that prohibits discrimination based on a person’s “sex.” It would clarify that the word “sex” in Title IX’s section on athletics refers to a person’s “reproductive biology and genetics at birth” — not a person’s self-professed gender identity.
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