Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the NCAA in a recent revised gender eligibility policy, demanding that governing agencies begin forced sex screenings to keep trans athletes out of women's sports .
The NCAA announced a revised policy on February 6th in response to President Donald Trump's “No Men in Women's Sports” executive order signed a day ago. The revised policy states that biological male transathletes are not eligible to participate in women's competition, but can continue and receive “other benefits” from female teams.
However, the policy has been under intense scrutiny by women's rights activists regarding concerns that biological men will enter women's sports using modified birth certificates. Now, Paxton has joined the list of critics and is taking legal action to further revise the policy.
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“In fact, the lack of NCAA sex screening allowed (and continues to allow) biological men to secretly participate in the “female” sports category,” the lawsuit states. Additionally, Paxton states that the NCAA “gives enough opportunities for biological men to change their birth records and participate in women's sports.”
Former US gymnast and founder of XX-XY track and field, Jennifer Say supported Paxton's decision to file a lawsuit, she told Fox News Digital.
“The only reliable way to maintain the integrity of women's sports – to make sure that it's only XX – is a gender test. The birth certificate changes, but the gender is not. It's simple This is a non-invasive test. Spit into the cup.
Paxton had filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in December over its previous policy. In that lawsuit, Paxton accused the NCAA of “engaging in false, deceptive, and misleading practices by marketing sporting events as a “women's” competition. “They then provide consumers with a mixed competition in which biological men compete with biological women.”
“The NCAA intentionally and deliberately transforms women's competition into coeducational competition, deliberately putting women's safety and happiness at risk,” Paxton said in a statement. “For example, when you watch a woman's volleyball game, you're hoping to see women playing against other women. Biological men aren't pretending not. Extreme “Gender Theory” has no place in university sports. ”
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The NCAA has addressed the criticism to Fox News Digital and provided a statement claiming that the revised birth certificate is unacceptable.
“This policy makes it clear that exemptions are not available, and student-athletes assigned at birth may not compete on female teams with revised birth certificates or other forms of ID,” the statement said. I read it. “Male practice players have been a staple in college sports for decades, especially in women's basketball, and the association will continue to explain this in policy.”
These details are not currently outlined on the official NCAA policy page. This is not outlined as there is no specific mention of birth certificate or ID revisions or women's scholarships going to trans athletes. NCAA website.
In the US, 44 states change birth certificates to change a person's birth sex. The only states that do not allow this are Florida, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Montana. Meanwhile, there are 14 states that allow you to change the gender of your birth certificate without medical documents, including California, New York, Massachusetts and Michigan.
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Still, Trump and his Department of Education celebrated the NCAA policy changes announced earlier this month.
“Exciting news! Due to the executive order that we proudly signed yesterday, the NCAA has officially changed its policy to allow men in sports. It is now prohibited! Social media in response to NCAA policy changes About.
The Department of Education announced, “News: Following President Trump's executive order, the NCAA “may not be able to compete for NCAA women's teams with student-athletes assigned at birth.” Winning continues to come under Potus' leadership! ”
Neither Trump nor any of his administration's direct people have addressed recent criticism of the new NCAA policy over a potentially revised birth certificate.
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