Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Tuesday took the necessary procedural steps to place Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) bill blocking transgender athletes from women’s sports on the Senate calendar.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville spoke about why he is re-introducing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, slamming Democrats for their treatment of women athletes.

The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act would ban institutions receiving federal funding from allowing biological males to compete in women's sports.

Ala., warned in an op-ed for OutKick that Title IX may cease to exist unless the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act passes.

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