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New Bill Would Ban Biological Males From Women’s Sports
Peter Sprigg
September 23, 2020
Title IX—the 1972 federal law that prohibited discrimination based on
sex in education —is perhaps best known for its impact on girls and
women’s sports.
Schools and colleges were no longer permitted to offer multiple
opportunities for athletic competition to men and far fewer to women.
The result was a massive growth in girls and women’s sports.
One person who benefited from the change was Kelly Loeffler. In high
school in the 1980s, she played basketball and ran cross-country and
track. As an adult, she became a successful business executive—so
successful that in 2011, she invested financially in women’s sports by
becoming a co-owner of the Atlanta Dream of the Women’s National
Basketball Association.
When a U.S. Senate seat became open late last year, Georgia Gov. Brian
Kemp appointed Loeffler to fill the spot (a Republican, she is running
for election to complete the final two years of her predecessor’s
term). Now Loeffler is taking action to block what may be the biggest
threat to girls and women’s sports since Title IX was adopted—the
effort by some biological males (who identify as transgender females)
to compete against females.
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There is a reason why, even when discrimination based on sex is
outlawed, we still allow separate sports teams (not to mention separate
bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers) for males and females.
That reason has nothing to do with their psychological “gender
identity.” Instead, it has everything to do with the fact that males
and females have different anatomies from birth, with those differences
accentuated after puberty.
The average man is larger, stronger, and faster than the average woman,
so women would simply have no chance of reaching elite levels of
competition if forced to compete against men.
Female high school track athletes in one state alone (Connecticut) have
lost 15 medals to biological males in state competition in the last two
years—reducing their chances for college athletic scholarships in the
process.
That’s why Loeffler introduced the Protection of Women and Girls in
Sports Act of 2020. The bill would amend Title IX by declaring that “it
shall be a violation … to permit a person whose sex is male to
participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for
women or girls.” The bill goes on to specify that “sex shall be
recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics
at birth.”
“Title IX established a fair and equal chance for women and girls to
compete, and sports should be no exception,” said Loeffler. “As someone
who learned invaluable life lessons and built confidence playing sports
throughout my life, I’m proud to lead this legislation to ensure girls
of all ages can enjoy those same opportunities. This commonsense bill
protects women and girls by safeguarding fairness and leveling the
athletic field that Title IX guarantees.”
Regardless of what one thinks about the transgender movement or “gender
identity” protections in other areas of life, fair athletic competition
demands such a policy.
A similar bill was passed at the state level in Idaho this year (and
was immediately challenged in court). But Title IX protected women and
girls nationwide—and Loeffler’s amendment would do the same.
For that, Sen. Kelly Loeffler deserves a gold medal.
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