Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Tuesday took the necessary procedural ... The legislation, dubbed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, would hold under Title IX protections for female athletes that gender is “recognized based ...

In this first full week of the new Congress, Republicans have re-introduced legislation barring transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports.

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — The U.S. House passed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. This legislation is part of a series of Title IX-related bills to protect women and girls in sports. The bill would prevent transgender athletes from competing in women's sports. The bill passed the House by a vote of 218-206.

The U.S. Senate will vote on Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s bill to bar transgender women and girls from competing in female school sports. Senate Majority Leader John Thune placed the bill on the chamber’s calendar last week, meaning a vote will be held in the next few weeks, The Hill reports. A firm date for the vote has not been set.

Kentucky's junior U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Bowling Green, and Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, have been joined by 28 other senators in the introduction of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports t