The Biden administration issued two new transgender rules last month to allow biological males in female bathrooms and to force some insurance companies to pay for transgender procedures.
The Department of Education redefined “sex” in Title IX to include “gender identity,” or “an individual’s sense of their gender.” Congress established Title IX in 1972 providing females the same opportunities as their male counterparts in sports and other school activities up through college. Â Now, critics say these changes will harm the very people this historic legislation was intended to protect.
The Heritage Foundation‘s Sarah Parshall Perry told CBN News the new rule violates the very foundation of Title IX. Â
“This is a fundamental upending of what we’ve known for equality within the concept of federally-funded education within the past 52 years,” she said.
Matt Sharp, senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, told CBN News the new rule, scheduled to take effect August first, would allow males identifying as female entry into female bathrooms, locker rooms, and more. Â
“Even on overnight school trips,” he said. “For example, we’ve got a situation in Colorado where a school district was telling a young girl that she would have to share a bed with a
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