Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the NCAA for its recent revised gender eligibility policy, demanding the governing body begin mandatory sex screening to keep trans athletes out of women’s sports.
The NCAA announced its revised policy on Feb. 6 in response to President Donald Trump’s “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order, which was signed just one day earlier. The revised policy states that biological male trans athletes are not eligible to compete in women’s competitions, but may continue practicing and receive “other benefits” from women’s teams.
But the policy came under heavy scrutiny by women’s rights activists over concerns biological males will use amended birth certificates to gain entry into women’s sports. Now, Paxton has joined that list of critics and is taking legal action to try and amend the policy further.
Still, Trump and his Department of Education celebrated the NCAA’s policy change when it was announced earlier this month.
“Exciting news! Due to my Executive Order, which I proudly signed yesterday, the NCAA has officially changed their policy allowing men in Women’s Sports – IT IS NOW BANNED! This is a great day for women and girls across our Country,” Trump wrote on social media in response to the NCAA’s policy change.
The Department of Education wrote in a post, “NEWS: In accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order, the NCAA just announced that ‘a student-athlete assigned male at birth may not compete for an NCAA women’s team.’ The wins keep coming under POTUS’s leadership!”
Neither Trump nor anyone directly in his administration has addressed the recent criticisms of the new NCAA policy over potential amended birth certificates.
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