Pennsylvania GOP leaders will reintroduce bill to restrict transgender athletes in girls, women's sports

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Roughly 2½ years after former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a bill to restrict transgender athletes in girls and women's sports, Republican leaders in the state are making another push to do so.

Penn Live reported Friday that conservative senators in the state are pushing the new "Save Women's Sports Act" among numerous bills introduced in Harrisburg this week.

Every female member of the Senate GOP signed a memo that stated an intention to reintroduce the bill.

"It’s imperative that we protect the opportunity for female athletes to compete on the athletic field in a fair and equal manner," the senators wrote in this week’s memo.

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The Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg Oct. 6, 2015. (John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images))

"Allowing a biological male to compete on a women’s scholastic athletic team puts all women on the playing field at an automatic disadvantage."

In 2022, Wolf called barring biological male athletes from female sports discriminatory against "marginalized youth."

"I have been crystal clear during my time in office that hate has no place in Pennsylvania, especially discrimination against already marginalized youth representing less than half of 1% of Pennsylvania’s population," Gov. Tom Wolf said in a statement after he vetoed the "Fairness in Women's Sports Act."

In this Sept. 11, 2018, file photo, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf attends the 9/11 Flight 93 Memorial Service in Shanksville, Pa.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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Wolf added lawmakers who voted for the bill "should be