CV NEWSFEED // A Federal Judge of the 10th Circuit opened the door for parents to block the Biden administration’s controversial Title IX changes this month. The parental rights group Moms For Liberty had filed an injunction alongside Young America’s Foundation and Female Athletes United to stop the Department of Education’s changes from being finalized and put into effect as of August 1, 2024.
The injunction objected to the Title IX changes, which
include a change in the grievance procedures for complaints of sex discrimination, clarifying that Title IX’s prohibition on sex discrimination includes different forms of sex-based harassment and a modification to the definition of that term, and clarifying that sex discrimination “includes discrimination on the basis of sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity.”
Judge John W. Broomes blocked the enforcement of the final rule for “any school attended by a minor child of a member of Moms For Liberty” as well as other schools in Connecticut represented in the injunction.
The Family Institute of Connecticut posted an article with information on how others can take action to block the regulations from taking effect in their own local schools.
“Connecticut is a hotspot for cheating girls out of athletic achievements, scholarship opportunities, and putting girls’ safety at risk,” the article stated:
Many of our school boards have adopted policies that are beyond what Connecticut law requires or even what federal law mandates. This is especially true in competitive sports – which may be exempt from permitting boys to participate as girls under other proposed federal regulations.
“Moms for Liberty is easy to join – protect your local school today by becoming a member and be included on their list for the judge before July 15. With other federal courts weighing in on the issue, there may be more injunctions,” the article added.
Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 was created to ensure that “[n]o person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance . . . .”
This month’s ruling affirmed Moms For Liberty’s position that children and women deserve protection in educational and sports-related settings. The ruling stated:
The DoE’s reinterpretation of Title IX to place gender identity on equal footing with (or in some instances arguably stronger footing than) biological sex would subvert Congress’ goals of protecting biological women in education. The Final Rule would, among other things, require schools to subordinate the fears, concerns, and privacy interests of biological women to the desires of transgender biological men to shower, dress, and share restroom facilities with their female peers. Moreover, to expand sex discrimination to encompass “self-professed and potentially ever-changing gender identity is inconsistent with Title IX’s sex-separation dictates.”
