Biden’s Illegal Title IX Changes Now in Effect — Girls and Women in Half the States Just Lost Their Privacy

Federal courts across the country have blocked enforcement of the Biden administration’s changes to federal law that violate the privacy rights of girls and women, and undermine their safety and sense of modesty.

Although not authorized to change the definition of words in federal law, the Biden administration issued a final rule in May that redefines the word “sex” in Title IX’s anti-discrimination provision to include ” sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” Males will be allowed to use female spaces, even if the females feel unsafe and uncomfortable.

Attorneys general across the country have filed lawsuits against the Biden administration, and courts have temporarily blocked enforcement in roughly half the states. Women and girls in the other half aren’t so lucky. Boys in government schools in mostly red states are barred from entering girls’ restrooms and locker rooms.

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) attorneys have been involved with several cases challenging the Title IX changes.

“The Biden-Harris administration’s radical redefinition of sex turns back the clock on equal opportunity for women, threatens student safety and privacy, censors speech, and undermines fairness in women’s sports, said Kristen Waggoner, ADF president and general counsel. “While women are amazing the world with their Olympic achievements, this administration would undo that progress, ignoring biological reality, science, and common sense—all at the expense of women.”

Waggoner said that the new rule, in effect now, will have devastating consequences on the privacy of students as well as their freedom of speech and in sports in government schools.

“Our litigation efforts, combined with others’ efforts, protect 26 states and at least 1,118 schools across the country,” she said. “And we will continue to work to protect the safety, privacy, and equal opportunities for women and girls.”