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(SRN NEWS) – The Education Department is investigating potential civil rights violations at two universities and a high school sports league that allowed men to compete on women’s teams.  The department is opening reviews at San Jose State University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association.  This action comes shortly after President Trump signed an executive order intended to ban males from competing against women in school sports.  There are also lawsuits in several states designed to protect female athletics. 

Minnesota’s governing body for high school sports says it will follow state law and continue to allow boys to compete against girls.  The Minnesota State High School League says the participation by, and eligibility of transgender athletes is controlled by the Minnesota Human Rights Act and the state constitution.  President Trump has signed an executive order giving federal agencies wide latitude in pulling federal funding if male athletes are allowed in girls’ and women’s sports.  Prep sports associations in other liberal states might also defy the president. 

The Trump administration has told the Supreme Court that the federal government no longer backs transgender minors and their families in Tennessee who are challenging a state ban on puberty blocking drugs.  The court’s conservatives, in December, had already seemed likely to uphold the state ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments. The formal notification of the change is the latest in a flurry of actions by the new administration aimed at ending President Biden’s promotion of transgenderism.  A Supreme Court decision is due this summer. 

Michigan state Representative Laurie Pohutsky (poh-HUT-skee) says she has undergone surgery to remove her reproductive organs out of concern about contraception access.  The 36-year-old Democrat says the decision was finalized by President Trump’s re-election.  Physicians have reported a rise in the number of Democratic women who have been seeking permanent sterilizations after the November election.  President Trump says he “has never and will never” advocate for restricting birth control and other contraceptives, and he has taken no such action since returning to office.