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GOP bill to ban trans athletes from women's sports blocked in Senate 2025/03/04 00:45
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- URL: https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5174190-transgender-athletes-bill-fails/
- Posted: 2025-03-03T19:45:28-05:00 (date: 2025/03/04)
- Topics: US/pol/Republican war on gender Tommy Tuberville John Thune US/president/EO/2025/02/05/2 US/Congress/119/Senate/bill/9
- Summary: «Legislation to prevent transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports failed to advance in the Senate on Monday after all Democrats voted against it. [/] The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act failed to clear an initial procedural hurdle on a 51-45 vote. It needed 60 votes to advance, which would have required at least seven Democrats to vote with all Republicans to move it. The bill cleared the House in January on an almost entirely party-line vote.» ... «On Monday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said that evening's vote "will be a time of choosing for Democrats." [/] "If the Democrats vote to oppose this legislation, they’ll have to answer to the women and girls they vote to disenfranchise," he said.» From what I can tell, most women/girls strongly support trans inclusion...
- source: The Hill
- author: Brooke Migdon