The SAVE America Act Protects Women’s Sports and Vulnerable Children From Radical Gender Ideology

By Ensuring Women and Girls’ Sports Are for Women and Girls Only, and Protecting Children From Life-Altering Gender Transition Procedures, the SAVE America Act Stands Up for Victims of Democrats’ Far-Left Gender Ideology

AS PART OF CONSIDERING THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE FORCING DEMOCRATS TO ONCE AGAIN GO ON THE RECORD REGARDING THEIR RADICAL GENDER POLICIES

As part of the SAVE America Act debate, Republicans will offer amendments addressing radical gender policies, including the issues of men in women’s sports and gender transition procedures for minors. (Punchbowl News’ Andrew Desiderio: post on X – 3/15/26)

Countless women and girls have been passed over or unfairly discriminated against by biological males being allowed to compete against them in sports. (Fox News: Oregon girls who protested trans athlete at track and field medal podium score legal win in lawsuit – 11/7/25; Los Angeles Times: Transgender track athlete wins gold in California state championships despite Trump threat – 5/31/25; The Daily Wire: Boy Wins Girls’ Pole Vault Championship In Maine Days After State Pledged To Defy Trump Order – 2/18/25; Alliance Defending Freedom: I Was the Fastest Girl in Connecticut. But Transgender Athletes Made It an Unfair Fight. – 6/6/24; New York Post: Trans runner sparks outrage as she zips past female athletes and leaves them in the dust at high school competition – 4/15/24; Fox News: Lia Thomas picks up victory in 500 free national championship – 3/17/22)

Additionally, as many young people share their own regrets over being allowed to undergo gender transitions as minors, “two major medical groups have backed limitations on gender-related surgical treatments for minors in the United States.” (The New York Times: Woman Wins Malpractice Suit Over Gender Surgery as a Minor – 2/3/26; Washington Examiner: Senior HHS official pledges to support minors who regret gender transition – 3/12/26; The New York Times: Doctors’ Group Endorses Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors – 2/4/26)

“The American Medical Association, the nation’s largest organization representing doctors… said these procedures generally should be deferred until patients reach adulthood. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons took a similar position… saying that gender-related surgeries should be delayed until age 19.” (The New York Times: Doctors’ Group Endorses Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors – 2/4/26)

“In publishing its new recommendations on Tuesday, the plastic surgeons’ society said its decision was based on a review of the existing science on long-term outcomes for minors who had received operations such as mastectomies. The research, its statement said, was insufficient to show benefits and of low quality. Some studies hinted at the possibility of ‘treatment complications and potential harms’ following irreversible procedures.” (The New York Times: Doctors’ Group Endorses Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors – 2/4/26)

AMERICANS HAVE MADE THEIR POSITION CLEAR BOTH IN POLLING AND IN RECENT ELECTIONS – YET DEMOCRATS HAVE REPEATEDLY STUCK TO THEIR RADICAL POSITIONS

Americans believe that only women should play in women’s sports and that minors should not receive irreversible gender transition procedures:

79% of respondents to a January 2025 New York Times/Ipsos poll believe that athletes who are biologically male but who identify as female “[s]hould not be allowed to compete in women’s sports,” including 67% of Democrat/Lean Democrat respondents and 64% of Independent/Something else respondents. (New York Times/Ipsos Survey – Jan. 2025)

A June 2025 poll found that over two-thirds “of U.S. adults continue to believe that transgender athletes should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth sex.” (Gallup poll – 6/10/25)

A February 2025 poll found that 56% of Americans supported banning “health care professionals from providing care related to gender transitions for minors.” (Pew Research Center poll – 2/26/25)

Democrats seem to understand how unpopular their position is, but continue to oppose these commonsense provisions out of fealty to their far-left base:

“Democrats are bickering over the lack of response to transgender messaging from Republicans during the campaign as the GOP repeatedly went after Vice President Kamala Harris with ads attacking her on the issue that went unanswered by Democrats, leaving her defenseless.” (Washington Examiner: Democrats feud over Harris’s silence on transgender rights campaign ad – 11/20/24)

“Out of the transgender battle came endless Republican attacks on Harris’s support for allowing transgender women to play in women’s sports.” (Washington Examiner: Democrats feud over Harris’s silence on transgender rights campaign ad – 11/20/24)

“Harris largely avoided the issue on the trail and in interviews and it was notably absent from this year’s Democratic National Convention.” (NBC News: Some Democrats blame party’s position on transgender rights in part for Harris’ loss – 11/8/24)

Last year, Democrats unanimously blocked consideration of Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. (Sen. Tuberville: Tuberville Introduces Hallmark Legislation to Preserve Title IX, Protect Women’s Sports – 1/7/25; S. 9: Roll Call Vote #100 – 3/3/25)

This past December, every Senate Democrat voted against Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy’s (R-La.) legislation, which in part would stop “taxpayer dollars from funding gender transition services under Medicaid and excludes them as an essential health benefit for plans sold on the Obamacare exchanges.” (U.S. Senate Committee on Finance: Chairs Crapo, Cassidy Unveil Republican Bill to Make Health Care Affordable, Give Money Directly to Families – 12/8/25; S. 3386: Roll Call Vote #643 – 12/11/25)

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