{"id":65598,"date":"2026-09-29T11:24:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=65598"},"modified":"2026-09-29T11:24:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:24:41","slug":"bringing-sanity-back-to-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=65598","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Sanity Back To Women’s Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, The Daily Signal<\/a> posted an article about the Department of Education rescinding the Biden-era ruling concerning Title IX and gender identity.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Supporters of women\u2019s sports and sex-based protections have reason to celebrate. The Department of Education announced Sept. 28 that it is formally rescinding the Biden administration\u2019s 2024 Title IX rule<\/a> and reinstating the 2020 Title IX regulations promulgated under the first Trump administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ongoing litigation has prevented the Trump administration<\/a> from being able to formally rescind the illegal 2024 Biden regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations, even though the Education Department<\/a> has been following the 2020 Trump-era Title IX regulations since January of last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In April 2024, the Biden administration issued final regulations rewriting the more than 50-year-old civil rights law, Title IX, to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Essentially, it allowed boys who claim to identify as girls to participate in girls and women\u2019s sports at schools that receive federal funding.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Women\u2019s sports advocate and former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines said at the time<\/a>, \u201cFifty-two years of progress and sex-based protections have been erased with the stroke of a pen.\u201d She was right. Thankfully, many states agreed, and seven circuit courts temporarily blocked<\/a> the Title IX rewrite, preventing it from taking effect in 26 states.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Advocates for child protection must still work from state to state, however. As our Heritage Foundation colleague Laura Hanford explains, child-welfare workers are classifying parents as \u201cabusive\u201d<\/a> if they treat a child according to his or her sex instead of self-proclaimed \u201cgender.\u201d Social science research<\/a> has found that affirming a child who claims to have been born in the wrong body does not resolve mental health issues underlying a child\u2019s sexual confusion. Adults who do not caution<\/a> a child confused about his or her sex could be neglecting that child\u2014and failing to address the true reasons for the child\u2019s distress. Conditions such as anxiety and depression can go untreated or worsen when adults focus on advocating \u201cgender affirmation.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

So-called gender advocates claim that children will become suicidal if adults do not affirm their children. Yet no scientific evidence supports this claim, as even the ACLU acknowledged before the Supreme Court<\/a>. And contrary to activist statements, new findings<\/a> from the research and advocacy organization Do No Harm show that laws banning \u201cgender-affirming care\u201d do not increase suicide rates.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Hanford explains that some courts are removing children from their homes even when there is no evidence of actual abuse. Social workers in the foster care system, meanwhile, are affirming children\u2019s confusion about their sex.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Department of Education\u2019s rule change should bolster families and state officials protecting children from making irreversible medical decisions they may come to regret. In the states, policymakers must remain vigilant.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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