Congresswoman Sherri Biggs along with 218 House colleagues voted Tuesday, January 14, 2025, in support of H.R. 28, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.
The legislation protects the rights of female athletes for fair competition, by ensuring that only biological females may compete in gender-specific sporting competitions classified for women or girls.
Biggs, an original co-sponsor of the bill said in a written statement, "This bill levels the playing field for daughters and granddaughters, acknowledges God’s unique design of man and woman, and restores truth and sanity.”
The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act clarifies any school receiving federal assistance that allows a male to participate in an athletic program or activity designated for females, is in violation of Title IX.
Republican Congresswoman Sheri Biggs is from Salem, SC and is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard, a board-certified family and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. This is in her first term in office.
Official Press Release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 14, 2025
Congresswoman Sheri Biggs Votes to Protect Women’s Sports and Defend Truth
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheri Biggs (R-SC03) today joined 218 House colleagues in supporting H.R. 28, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. The legislation, of which she was an original co-sponsor, protects the rights of female athletes for fair competition and reasonable expectations of privacy and safety by ensuring that only biological females may compete in gender-specific sporting competitions classified for women or girls, that receive federal funds.
Congresswoman Biggs issued the following statement on passage of the Act:
“Today is a monumentally important step for women, particularly those who have dedicated their time and energy to compete at the highest levels of the sport they love,” said Congresswoman Biggs. “For these women, the countless hours of training and preparation to be the very best in their sport, only to have someone – who was born a male – exploit competitive standards and biological truths in an effort to win, is patently unfair. No female should be forced to compete against a biological male; it’s a wrong that undoes decades of progress in women’s sports. This bill levels the playing field for daughters and granddaughters, acknowledges God’s unique design of man and woman, and restores truth and sanity.”
Congresswoman Biggs is an original co-sponsor of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, a bill that clarifies any school receiving federal assistance that allows a male to participate in an athletic program or activity designated for females is in violation of Title IX.
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Congresswoman Sheri Biggs is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard, a board-certified family nurse practitioner and a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. A Republican from Salem, South Carolina, Congresswoman Biggs is in her first term in office.