The GOP-led Senate will take up legislation that aims to protect women’s sports leagues by trying to keep male athletes who identify as females from competing.
After journalist Megyn Kelly first broke the news on her podcast, Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-SD) office confirmed to The Daily Wire that the Senate will file cloture on the bill on Thursday. Then, a cloture vote — which requires a two-thirds majority to cap debate ahead of a final vote sometime in the future— is expected Monday.
Called the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,” the bill seeks to “provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
If enacted, the bill would amend Section 901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 by adding two provisions to the end:
(1) It shall be a violation…
