Senate Dems kill a plan to prohibit transgender athlets from paritipating in female sports

The Hill -   Senate Democrats voted Saturday to defeat a Republican-sponsored amendment to the SAVE America Act that would prohibit transgender athletes from participating in girls’ or women’s sports, an issue that Republicans plan to play up in this year’s midterm elections.

The Senate voted 49-41 along party lines to block the amendment sponsored by Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), the Protection for Women and Girls in Sports Act. It needed 60 votes to pass.

The legislation would prohibit federally funded education programs from sponsoring or facilitating athletic programs that allow transgender women or girls to participate in sports according to their gender identity.

Tuberville said it marked the fourth time that Senate Democrats have defeated such an effort.

d be added to the SAVE America Act.