Thune tees up Tuberville's bill to block transgender athletes from women’s sports

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Tuesday took the necessary procedural steps to place Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) bill blocking transgender athletes from women’s sports on the Senate calendar.

The step sets up a vote on Tuberville’s bill in the weeks ahead.

The legislation, dubbed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, would hold that under Title IX protections for female athletes that gender is "recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive...