Tuberville Defends Female Athletes as SCOTUS Weighs Future of Biological Males in Female Sports

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, U.S. Senator Jim Justice (R-WV), U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Riley Gaines, and other advocates in voicing support for female athletes as the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments to decide if states are allowed to ban biological males from competing in girls' sports.

Sen. Tuberville's remarks come nearly one year after every Democrat Senator blocked his Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act in the Senate. A former high school girls' basketball coach, Sen. Tuberville has been a leader in preserving Title IX for female athletes since coming to the Senate five years ago.

Excerpts from Sen. Tuberville's remarks can be found below or viewed here.

A link to photos from today's event can be found here.

"I coached for 35 years. I coached women's sports. I coached for the right for women to have an opportunity like the men.

Title IX started over 50 years ago. It [was] the greatest thing that ever happened in that building right over there - was giving women rights in sports, scholarships, facilities, more sports. It used to be - we had one sport, that was girls' basketball - now we have as many as men. But now, this wacko group over here wants to change it all. They want to give the right of women to a gender group that is a fantasy. It's a fantasy, it's a dream, it's a thought.

We are a Christian people. We are a Christian nation. We believe in male and female, and that's it. If we ever get it off of that path, it is over. In four months, this group behind us will make a decision about what women in this country. Do they have an opportunity? Or do they just stand in the back of the row while they're in the play for third, fourth, or fifth. On my watch, that ain't gonna happen. We are going to give women, the right, just like men have.

Now, I've had three votes in that building over there over the last four years - three on the Senate floor about keeping men out of women's sports. I've not got one damn vote from a Democrat. Not one. They voted it down three times. They could care less. They care about power, they care about greed, [but] they don't care about women. They could care less.

I cannot believe there's women standing over there. I can't believe it. Title IX has given people an opportunity. Folks, let me something. If we don't make a stand now - as Senator Justice said while ago - if we don't say it now, this country will go down so fast our heads will swim.

Thank you for being here today. Thank you for fighting.

We have to give the women a chance. I've got my first grandchild, Rosie Grace. I'll be damned if she is gonna take a shower with a man.

Thank you for coming [and] keep fighting. Keep fighting against mental illness because that's what we're doing. Fight against it every day because that's what we're dealing with.

Thank you. God bless."

BACKGROUND:

Under Joe Biden, more than 900 women lost medals to men competing in women's sports. The issue of men in girls' and women's sports proved to be one of the top concerns of voters during the 2024 Presidential Election. A recent New York Times (NYT) poll found 79% of respondents said men should not be allowed to participate in women's sports. This number is a 10% increase from a 2023 survey where 69% of respondents agreed that men do not belong in women's sports. This is a bipartisan issue-the same recent NYT poll found that 67% of Democrats agree that male athletes shouldn't be allowed in women's sports.

In February 2025, President Trump signed a historic Executive Order banning men from competing in women's sports. President Trump has spoken about the need to keep men out of women's sports on multiple occasions.

Unfortunately, Executive Orders can be reversed. That's why on Monday, March 3, 2025, the Senate voted on Senator Tuberville's bill, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would make President Trump's Executive Order permanent. All Senate Democrats voted to block the bill from proceeding.

Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans' Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.

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