"Title IX deals with discrimination on the basis of sex, not gender identity or sexual orientation, and was rightly enacted to ensure women had equal opportunity in academics and athletics. Now, by unlawfully rewriting this federal statute, ...Biden is threatening to erode those advancements, which women have long fought to achieve," said ADF Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer. "Sadly, it's not just female athletes who will suffer from this radical overreach of executive authority. Doctors could be forced to perform medical procedures that violate their conscience, school districts could undermine parents by concealing vital information about their child's health, and public universities will be able to censor and compel students' speech. We urge the Department of Education to abandon its proposed rule and respect the most fundamental freedoms upon which every American relies."

ADF opposes the administration's effort to redefine sex discrimination under Title IX because that effort:

• Lacks legal authority: It is illegal for the Secretary of Education, an unelected bureaucrat, to rewrite federal law without Congress' authority. Further, redefining "sex discrimination" is not authorized by Title IX's text or US Supreme Court precedent.
• Hurts female athletes: The proposed rule will undermine fairness in women's sports and diminish women's privacy and safety.
• Undermines parental rights: By redefining "sex" to encompass "gender identity," the Department of Education wrongly seeks to compel schools to treat students as whatever sex they prefer—without parents' knowledge or consent. Additionally, the proposed rule would undermine parents' authority to make vital decisions regarding their child's emotional, mental, or physical health by giving that right to school staff instead.
• Harms unborn children and women: The proposed rule will harm unborn human lives and women by imposing broad abortion mandates, and it will harm children and adults who struggle with gender dysphoria by coercing doctors to perform dangerous and life-altering medical procedures, even if doing so violates their conscience or religious beliefs.
• Violates freedoms of speech and religion: The proposed rule threatens to censor and compel speech by forcing students and professors at public universities to use pronouns and titles that are inconsistent with a person's sex.

ADF attorneys are litigating several cases defending female athletes, doctors, religious schools, and employers from the administration's attempt to redefine the word "sex" in federal law to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, parental rights, and the sanctity of life.

*This article originally appeared at adflegal.org

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