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 Peach Tree Times reported last month that Georgia is one of 29 states to allow boys to participate in girls’ school sports.
Gov. Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) supported a prohibition, and stated that he intended to “protect fairness in school sports” when he signed a law last year reinstating the Georgia High School Association’s authority to prohibit transgender athletes, according to the Associated Press. Even though the association has banned boys from participating in girls’ sports, there is no state law prohibiting it.
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, Georgia’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.
Rep. David Scott (D) did not vote on the legislation, and every other one of Georgia’s Democrat 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.
