Rep. Nancy Mace Leads Fight To Keep Men Out Of Women’s Sports At Service Academies

(Washington, D.C., September 9, 2025) – Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC-01) has submitted an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to protect female athletes and keep men out of women’s sports at U.S. Service Academies.

Rep. Mace’s amendment makes it clear: the Superintendent of a Service Academy cannot allow male cadets or midshipmen to compete in athletic programs reserved exclusively for women. Rep. Mace’s amendment defines female and male by biological reality, not ideology, putting athletic eligibility back on the side of science, not politics.

“Women who fight to earn their spot on Service Academy teams deserve a level playing field,” said Congresswoman Mace. “This amendment ends the nonsense, protects fairness, and ensures female athletes at our nation’s military academies are not forced to give up opportunities they’ve worked hard to earn.”

Rep. Mace’s amendment reflects President Trump’s leadership in protecting women’s sports and rooting out woke ideology from federal policy. By extending his executive order Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to U.S. Service Academies, Rep. Mace ensures America’s future military leaders compete on a fair, level playing field grounded in biological reality.

Rep. Mace’s amendment underscores her commitment to protecting women’s rights, defending fairness in athletics, and demanding accountability in federal policy. It now heads to the Rules Committee for consideration as part of the NDAA. 

Rep. Mace has championed a series of bills to defend biological reality, including:

• Protecting Girls’ Sports for Military Kids Act – Puts a stop to biological men taking away opportunities from female athletes in women’s sports. The legislation ensures female athletes at schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) get the fair playing field they deserve.
• Gender-Affirming Child Abuse Prevention Act – Holds predators accountable by giving victims of so-called “gender-affirming care” as minors the right to seek justice in court. This bill makes clear: mutilating children isn’t medicine, it’s abuse.
• Protecting Women’s Private Spaces Act – Puts an end to woke policies by requiring federal facilities to keep bathrooms, locker rooms, and other single-sex spaces reserved for biological women, protecting privacy, dignity, and common sense.
• Restoring Biological Truth in Government Act – Restores common sense in government by requiring federal forms and surveys to reflect biological reality: male or female, nothing else.
• Prison Rape Prevention Act – Bans housing biological men in women’s correctional facilities, preventing dangerous individuals from endangering female inmates.
• TRANS MICE Act – Puts an end to the use of taxpayer dollars for radical transgender-related experiments on animals.

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