Six more US states have blocked regulations that could force schools to allow boys into girls’ changing rooms.
The regulations, known as Title IX, publicly forbid institutions from discriminating on the basis of sex, and were expanded this month to expressly cover “sexual orientation” and “gender identity”.
The preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Rodney Sippel for Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota brings the total number of states blocking the rules to 26 – more than half of the country.
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Missouri Republican Attorney General Bailey commented: “Biden’s plan to allow biological males into female spaces was not only blatantly illegal, but also a slap in the face to every woman in America”.
He called the injunction: “a huge win for women and girls across the country”.
So far this year there have been 527 bills challenging LGBT+ ideology in the United States, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, including bills to prevent males using women’s bathrooms or playing on sports teams for females and vice-versa.
Health concerns
The growing number of states objecting to the Title IX revisions comes alongside increasing evidence that ‘gender-affirming care’ doesn’t benefit children’s health.
Research released in February 2024 by the American College of Paediatricians stated that “there is no long-term evidence that current ‘gender affirming’ medication and surgical protocols benefit” children’s mental well-being.
In the UK, the landmark Cass report led the NHS to announce a ‘systematic review’ of its treatment of patients with gender dysphoria.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting recently said “children’s healthcare must be evidence led” and “there was insufficient evidence that puberty blockers are safe and effective”.
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