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Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
This bill prohibits schools, colleges, and other programs that receive federal funding from allowing individuals who are biologically male at birth to participate in sports designated for women or girls. Sex would be recognized strictly based on reproductive biology and genetics at birth. Educational institutions that permit transgender women or girls to join female athletic teams would face civil rights violations and risk losing their federal funding.
People affected—The bill text does not specify exact counts of affected student athletes or educational institutions.
Fiscal magnitude—The text contains no specific appropriations, funding authorizations, or direct financial figures.
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Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Female athletes in federally funded programsGains an explicit restriction under Title IX that limits participation in athletic programs and activities designated for women or girls solely to individuals whose biological sex at birth was female (Sec. 2(d)(1)-(2)).
Who it burdens
- Federally funded schools and athletic program operatorsPlaces a legal restriction on recipients of federal funds who operate or sponsor athletic programs, prohibiting them from allowing individuals with male reproductive biology and genetics at birth to participate in sports designated for women or girls (Sec. 2(d)(1)-(2)).
Who opposes it
- Individuals assigned male at birth seeking to participate in female athletic programsDirectly bars individuals whose reproductive biology and genetics at birth were male from participating in athletic programs or activities designated for women or girls at federally funded entities (Sec. 2(d)(1)-(2)).
The provisions, in plain language.
Prohibits schools and other federally funded entities that run or sponsor athletic programs from allowing individuals who were biologically and genetically male at birth to participate in sports programs designated for women or girls.