SB9 mandates that public school and college athletic teams in Pennsylvania be explicitly designated as male, female, or co-ed based strictly on a person’s biological sex at birth, defined by anatomy and genetics. It prohibits individuals of the male sex from competing on girls' or women's teams, blocks government or athletic organizations from penalizing schools for maintaining sex-separated sports, and creates legal avenues for students or institutions harmed by these rules to seek injunctive relief, damages, and legal costs.
The Pennsylvania State Senate passed SB9 on May 6, 2025 by a vote of 32 to 18. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because this bill pushes back against the Left’s radical agenda that denies biological reality and undermines women’s athletics. By prohibiting males from competing on female teams, SB9 safeguards fairness, competition, and safety for women and girls. The push to normalize “gender identity” and pronoun choice is both scientifically baseless and morally wrong. Biblically and biologically, there are only two sexes—male and female—and public policy should reflect this truth rather than indulge Marxist-inspired social experiments that erode culture and common sense.
