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And that's a wrap for women's sports.
The Department of Education plans to issue a new Title IX ruling that will protect transgender students in the coming weeks, according to a report from The Washington Post.
The proposed ruling, crafted within the Biden administration, comes on the heels of Utah's state Legislature overriding GOP Gov. Spencer Cox's veto of a bill prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in women's sports.
Florida, South Dakota and Texas already have similar laws on the books.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX, a civil rights law that expressly prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or other education program that receives funding from the federal government.
If the Department of Education's new ruling garnered approval in the House and Senate, it would subsequently replace the original Title IX order from 1972.
According to the Post, the updated Title IX ruling would apply to "discrimination on the basis of sex [that] includes discrimination on the basis of sex stereotypes, sex-related characteristics (including intersex traits), pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity."
Two weeks ago, Concerned Women for America filed a formal civil rights complaint against the University of Pennsylvania, arguing that under the current Title IX statute, the school refused to protect the rights of its female athletes.
