Red State Attorneys Sue Biden Admin to Stop ‘Radical Transgender Ideology’ Threatening ‘Safety of Women and Girls’
More than 20 red states are suing after the Biden The administration’s recent Title IX changes that redefine sex and expand the definition of sex discrimination to include gender identity.
“Joe Biden is once again perverting the law — this time to put a radical transgender ideology before the safety of women and girls,” Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey told Fox News Digital on Thursday.
Bailey said he takes the law “personally” as the father of a young daughter and is “proud” to lead a coalition of states opposing Biden’s “unconstitutional rewrite of Title IX.”
Other states that have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education include: Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Montana, Tennessee, West Virginia, Louisiana, Indiana, South Carolina and Idaho.
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Biden admin reviews Title IX regulations. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)
Several states in the last week (Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Oklahoma) joined the legal battle and filed two additional lawsuits.
Until Biden’s revision, the 1972 law promoted gender equality and allowed for sex-segregated spaces, such as bathrooms and locker rooms.
“The Biden administration’s interpretation is completely inconsistent with the statute and the way it has been interpreted for decades,” Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said at a news conference. announcing he suit next to Exterior wall on Tuesday.
“We have seen this coming for some time and are considering what options we have to stop this rule.” Griffin said, adding that poses a threat to the First Amendment by forcing people to “speak in a particular way or risk some sort of harassment charge.”
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Moms for Liberty and other parent groups criticized President Biden’s Title IX overhaul, arguing that it destroyed parents’ rights and put children in danger. (Getty Images)
Meanwhile, other red states like Florida are encouraging institutions not to comply with the new regulations.
“Florida rejects Joe Biden’s attempt to rewrite Title IX,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a video posted on X. “We will not comply and we will fight back.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced in a letter to the White House last month that his state would also not implement the changes.
“Title IX was written by Congress to support the advancement of women academically and athletically,” the letter states. “The law was based on the fundamental premise that there are only two sexes: male and female. Title IX has been rewritten to force schools to treat boys as if they were girls and to accept each student’s self-declared gender identity “.
Other conservative lawmakers, such as Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti,, He said his fellow Republican officials refusing to comply with the Biden administration’s Title IX reviews “undermines the rule of law” and instead encouraged red states to fight back using the courts.
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“I don’t think it’s ever a good idea to skip the legal process,” Skrmetti told Fox News Digital. last week.
The new rules overhauled the ways in which claims of sexual harassment and assault on campus are judged.
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Title IX originally created sex-segregated spaces in bathrooms and locker rooms until Biden’s revisions. (Fox News Digital)
According to the review, sex discrimination includes discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Under the provisions, schools are prohibited from separating people based on their biological sex, except in limited circumstances. Critics say the change will allow transgender people to access locker rooms and bathrooms that contradict the sex listed on their birth certificate.
LGBTQ+ students who face the new “discrimination” standards will be entitled to a response from their school under Title IX, and those who fail their schools will have recourse to the federal government.
However, missing from the new rule is a policy prohibiting schools from enacting absolute bans on transgender people athletes competing against biological women.
Joshua Q. Nelson of Fox News contributed to this report.
