Twenty-one states have banned transgender women from participating in women’s and women’s sports, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants that number to increase.
The former New York senator’s son appeared on CNN Saturday morning and said he opposes biological men participating in women’s sports.
“I am against people who participate in women’s sports who are biologically male,” the Democratic presidential candidate said. «I think women have worked too hard to develop women’s sports in the last 30 years. I’ve seen it happen and I don’t think it’s fair.»
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces his candidacy for the presidency in a speech at Boston Park Plaza in Boston on April 19, 2023. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
The House passed legislation intended to prevent biological males from competing as transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports in schools across the country last week after a debate in which several Democrats accused Republicans of «harassing» transgender students by promoting the bill.
The Women and Girls in Sports Protection Act passed in a vote of 219-203. All the votes in favor came from the Republicans and all the votes against from the Democrats. But President Biden has said that he would veto the bill if it reached his desk.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. officially announces his candidacy for President on April 19, 2023 in Boston. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
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Earlier this week, a Democrat blocked the Senate from passing legislation that would bar biological men from competing as transgender athletes on girls’ and women’s sports teams at schools and universities.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, who was the head football coach at the University of Mississippi and Auburn University, urged unanimous consent to pass the bill.
RFK announces his bid for the 2024 presidential race at the Park Plaza Hotel in downtown Boston (Fox Digital News)
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Tuberville noted that he started out as a girls’ basketball coach and saw firsthand how important Title IX was in providing girls and women with opportunities in sports.
Fox News’ Peter Kasperowicz and Joe Morgan contributed to this report.