Exclusive: Republicans. Jim Risch and Tommy Tuberville Governors across the country are being urged to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders to free men from women’s sports, while also demanding state-level action to ensure that female athletes “get the same fair guarantees nationwide.”
February, trump card An executive order was issued, titled “Release men from women’s sports and confirms that the United States “must reserve fair, safe and equal opportunities for female athletes.”
Fox News Digital has obtained Risch, R-Idaho and R-Ala. a letter written by Tuberville and sent to the National Governors Association. The senators said their states have taken “decisive action to protect women’s movements” but “many governors have not done so yet” and are “hiding the level playing field for women athletes.”
Senator Jim Risch, r-idaho (Al Drago-Pool/Getty Image)
“Most Americans agree that biological men should not be allowed to participate in women’s sports,” they said, and the executive order “reinforces the basic fact that women and girls should get a game that can even compete in track and field and stand out.”
“Science is clear that biological differences between men and women are important and must be recognized in sports competition… Protecting the women category is crucial to safeguarding the rights and opportunities a generation of women are guaranteed to ensure access to.”
Risch and Tuberville wrote that “misleading policies” “robbing too many women of sports opportunities and success and forcing them to fall into uncomfortable, even unsafe situations”.
“Action at the national level is crucial to ensure that women athletes in the United States receive guarantees of fairness,” they wrote, praising countries that have taken “meaningful action” to show “meaningful action” to demonstrate their “clear commitment to equity, security and future women’s movement.”
Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala). (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Risch and Tuberville urged countries that have not taken action to “take immediate necessary steps in line with President Trump’s executive order.”
Risch and Tuberville said they were “ready to work with governors and state leaders to implement policies to protect women and girls in the movement.”
“Together, we will ensure progress on expanding and enhancing female sports opportunities continues to be expanded and strengthened in the coming decades,” they wrote.
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Risch and Tuberville introduced protections for women and girls in the Sports Act to make Trump’s executive order codified.
Risch and Tuberville also recently wrote to the International Olympic Committee, urging opportunities for female athletes during the Olympic Games. In addition, they wrote to the NCAA to clarify its position on the privacy and security of female athletes in women’s locker rooms.
