The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a Republican bill intended to ban transgender women and girls from competing in women's and girls' school sports, delivering at least a short-term victory to social conservatives.
The House passed the measure by 219-203 but it has little chance of passing the Democratic-controlled Senate. President Joe Biden has also voiced his opposition to the bill, calling it discriminatory, and has vowed to veto it if needed.
If passed, the bill would change the civil rights law known as Title IX to require that a student's sex be "based on an individual's reproductive biology and genetics at birth." "Democrats have regressed so far backwards they are willing to erase the rights that women have fought decades to obtain, all to elevate biological males to the top of women's podiums. The integrity of women's sports must be protected," Republican Representative Greg Steube, who introduced the bill, said on Wednesday.
The White House on Monday said the bill would effectively deny access to sports for transgender students, even at the elementary school level.
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