Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla), left, and President Joe Biden | Flagov.gov / Whitehouse.gov
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla), left, and President Joe Biden | Flagov.gov / Whitehouse.gov
As President Biden proposes a new rule that would amend Title IX to forbid U.S. schools and colleges from banning boys from participating in girls’ sports, a new national poll finds the majority of Americans support such a prohibition.
“More than 6 in 10 adults in the Post-KFF poll said trans girls and women should not be allowed to compete in girls’ and women’s sports, including professional, college, high school and youth levels,” reported The Washington Post.
The Sunshine Sentinel reported last month that Florida is one of 21 states to ban boys from playing girls’ high school sports.
In June 2021, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed into law legislation banning boys from participating in girls sports.
"The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act will empower Florida women & girls to be able to compete on a level playing field," tweeted DeSantis. "This will help ensure that opportunities for things like college scholarships will be protected for female athletes for years to come."
Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project, praised Florida for "taking action in defending the integrity of women's sports."
"Biology matters, especially in sports,” Schilling told the Sunshine Sentinel. “Men have a distinct athletic advantage over women, a fact that led directly to the passage of Title IX five decades ago. Sadly, the radical ideologues in the Biden administration and many other powerful institutions now deny this simple truth and threaten to wipe out the gains made by women.”
As of publication time, there are 29 states that still allow boys to participate in girls’ high school sports: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
In April, Florida's representatives split along party lines for a U.S. House vote to pass a bill prohibiting school athletic programs from allowing boys to participate in girls’ sports.
Every one of Florida's Democrat U.S. representatives voted against H.R. 734, “The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.", which passed the House on a vote of 219-203. The legislation now awaits a vote in the U.S. Senate, where U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) introduced a companion bill.
The White House issued a statement saying President Joe Biden will veto the bill, if passed by the U.S. Senate.
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How many Americans support a prohibition on boys competing in girls’ sports?
Source: Nov. 10-Dec. 1, 2022, Washington Post-KFF poll of 1,338 U.S. adults with an error margin of +/- 4 percentage points.
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