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Privacy concerns, discrimination, doctor pushback: the compliance traps looming behind sex-separated sports

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Amid the headlines about transgender athletes participating in women’s sports and whether athletics should be separated by biological gender, there is a hidden battle brewing behind the scenes that could interrupt efforts to maintain biological differences in sports.
School districts and athletic institutions have already faced hurdles regarding how to verify biological sex. While much of the focus has been on overturning the Biden administration’s Title IX definition of sex interpretation, once that happens, liberal school districts or leaders hoping to keep athletic eligibility by gender identity can dig their heels in with legal arguments about privacy, questions about verification mechanics, claims of discrimination, and, in some cases, doctors have refused to verify gender for the sake of athletic eligibility arguing the scope of the duties went beyond their purview.
«I anticipate we are going to see this more in the future,» Title IX attorney and expert Sarah Perry told Fox News Digital.
Meanwhile, John Bursch, from the Christian legal foundation Alliance Defending Freedom, told Fox News Digital that the looming concern over sex-verification for sports is «overblown.»
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Protesters for and against gender-affirming care for transgender minors demonstrate outside the Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024, in Washington. (Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press file)
«Trans activists continually bring up made-up concerns like this so that they can continue justifying allowing males in girls’ and women’s sports,» Bursch said.
As Bursch noted, the conundrum has reared its head recently in a handful of the 27 states that have imposed sex-separated athletics mandates.
In Idaho, one of the earliest states to adopt a sex-separation sports mandate, the courts struck down a law requiring athletes to verify their gender if questioned by someone else, arguing it targets women for invasive and intrusive medical procedures that males would not be subject to.
A similar issue in Florida played out in 2024 after a parent was investigated by county officials for allegedly sneaking their transgender child onto a female sports team. Even though the state’s law does not have a sex dispute provision for individuals, school district enforcement investigations still can.
In that case, the courts argued that Florida’s law requiring verification was not discriminatory, however. The case was eventually dismissed.
Meanwhile, pressure on the Sunshine State’s high school athletic association has also led to it removing questions from its physical evaluation forms that had been there for decades, according to local reporting.
TRUMP DECLARES ‘WE GOT MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS’ AS SUPREME COURT DELIBERATES LANDMARK CASES

A protester for protecting women’s sports gathers outside the Supreme Court on January 13, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Groups from both sides of the debate gathered on Tuesday morning to protest while two cases that prohibit transgender girls from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams are heard inside the Supreme Court. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
In Arizona, a dispute over the legitimacy of a birth certificate has led a school to suggest expensive chromosome testing to verify their gender. The mother told a local Arizona news outlet that it was a misprint they didn’t notice until registering their son for school, noting that for a busy mom, it was not her top priority. Her son was physically removed from the middle of his high school basketball tryouts.
The family ultimately got an amended birth certificate and a doctor’s sign-off clarifying the legal change and the boy’s eligibility to play on the boy’s basketball team. But school officials stood firm and ruled he was still ineligible to play. The family was told they could undergo chromosomal testing that would cost thousands of dollars.
Doctors were less willing to be helpful in Nevada, where the state’s interscholastic athletics association began requiring physicians to identify and sign-off on an athlete’s gender. A group of doctors subsequently argued that the information they were being asked to provide went beyond «the purpose of a sports medical clearance» and should come from «the students or families directly.»
«Additionally, it is imperative that patients are able to consult with their physicians confidentially to address all aspects of their physical, emotional, sexual, and mental health,» a letter the group of 18 doctors sent to the Nevada state high school athletic association added. «This confidentiality is crucial to ensure that students feel safe and supported in discussing sensitive health issues without concern that this information will be s hared with non-medical institutions or individuals. Breaching this confidentiality could undermine the trust between patients and their healthcare providers ultimately impacting the quality of care they receive.»

The transgender athletes sports debate was the subject of a podcast involving Malcolm Gladwell. (iStock)
But, despite the potential tripwires, both Perry and Bursch pointed to the Constitution’s supremacy clause barring any change in the Biden-era Title IX interpretation which still remains amid various ongoing legal battles. Perry also noted that there is no requirement forcing school districts or education institutions to take federal dollars, but said that once they do «it is very clear that representations of contrary legal obligation are not sufficient to violate federal civil rights law.»
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments earlier this month that analysts have suggested show that the court is open to upholding state-level mandates requiring athletic eligibility be determined by biological sex.
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«We are going to see these questions ultimately, I believe, in the end, reach the Supreme Court before the Trump administration’s last day,» Perry said. «These are questions about preemption, about the Supremacy Clause, about the operation of states’ rights versus federal civil rights obligations, and they’re going to take a while to litigate.»
Perry pointed to deadlocks in Maine and California where trans-rights advocates are standing behind state law in order to defend allowing sports to remain separated by gender identity and not biological sex.
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«Dejen las armas y tendrán inmunidad, o enfrentarán una muerte segura»: el mensaje completo de Trump tras el ataque de Estados Unidos a Irán

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Bill Clinton says Trump ‘never said anything’ to suggest he was involved with Epstein: Comer

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Former President Bill Clinton suggested he could not recall President Donald Trump ever implicating himself in Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, one of the Republicans deposing him said Friday.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., briefly updated reporters during Clinton’s deposition in the panel’s Epstein probe. The deposition began a little after 11 a.m. and is expected to continue into early Friday evening.
«I know there’s a lot of obsession about President Trump from the media, a lot of curiosity about President Trump from media. I want to make a statement because they’ll probably not mention this when they come out here,» Comer said, referring to Democrats on the committee.
He said the panel’s top Democrat, Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., asked Clinton if Trump should be called before the committee like he was.
President Donald Trump’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein has been the subject of partisan debate in the House. (Getty Images)
«That’s for you to decide,» Clinton said, according to Comer.
«The president went on to say that the president, Trump, ‘has never said anything to me to make me think he was involved,’ and he meant with Epstein,» Comer said. «I thought that was an interesting thing that President Clinton said.»
His deposition, and that of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before him, are taking place in the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in Westchester County, N.Y.
The Clintons have claimed the New York City suburb as their permanent residence since leaving the White House in early 2000.
Democrats who emerged from the performing arts center minutes later to update reporters signaled they did not agree with Comer’s account but would not go into details on their own.
Garcia suggested there was an agreement between all parties not to discuss details of the deposition as it was happening.
NANCY MACE SAYS ‘UNHINGED’ HILLARY CLINTON ERUPTED DURING CLOSED-DOOR EPSTEIN DEPOSITION

Democrats speak to members of the media outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in Chappaqua, N.Y., Feb. 26, 2026. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«I think the best response with that is for you to view the complete record what actually he said, which, look, we’re not going to disclose what was said because that’s not in the rules. But Republicans keep breaking the rules,» the California Democrat told reporters.
«President Clinton did bring up some additional information about discussions with President Trump. I think that the way Chairman Comer described it, I don’t think it’s a complete, accurate description of what actually was said.
«So, let’s release the full transcript, and you can all get a full record of what actually was said, which brings up some very important new questions about comments that President Trump has actually said in the past.»
Trump has been a main topic in the increasingly partisan divide in the House Oversight Committee’s probe.
Democrats have accused the GOP side of covering up for Trump at the expense of Epstein’s victims, while Republicans have accused Democrats of using the pedophile and his heinous crimes as a tool for attacking the commander in chief.
Trump told reporters Friday when asked about Clinton, «I don’t like seeing him deposed.»
The deposition is ongoing behind closed doors, but the committee is expected to release a video and transcript of the entire sit-down within days of its conclusion. The same is true for Hillary Clinton’s deposition, the video for which could be released as early as this weekend.

Former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President George W. Bush attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
The only portion of Clinton’s testimony that is public so far is his opening statement in which he denied knowing anything about Epstein’s crimes.
«Now, let me say what you’re going to hear from me. First, I had no idea of the crimes Epstein was committing. No matter how many photos you show me, I have two things that, at the end of the day, matter more than your interpretation of those 20-year-old photos,» Clinton said, according to his prepared opening remarks.
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«I know what I saw and, more importantly, what I didn’t see. I know what I did and, more importantly, what I didn’t do. I saw nothing and I did nothing wrong.»
Neither Trump nor Clinton have been implicated in any wrongdoing associated with Epstein or his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
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EN VIVO: Israel detectó misiles lanzados desde Irán y llamó a su población a refugiarse

El ministro de Defensa de Israel, Israel Katz, anunció este sábado un “ataque preventivo” contra Irán, en medio de la creciente tensión regional tras la ofensiva israelí en territorio iraní en junio de 2025, operación en la que participó Estados Unidos.
“El Estado de Israel lanzó un ataque preventivo contra Irán para eliminar las amenazas al Estado de Israel”, afirmó Katz, quien decretó “un estado de emergencia especial” en todo el país, según un comunicado del Ministerio de Defensa.
La agencia semioficial iraní Fars reportó al menos tres explosiones en Teherán, mientras que la agencia oficial IRNA, citando corresponsales en el terreno, aseguró que el centro de la capital iraní quedó cubierto de densas columnas de humo tras las detonaciones.
Ante este escenario, las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel activaron alarmas en todo el país y advirtieron a la población que permanezca cerca de refugios antiaéreos ante una posible respuesta de Irán.
El Ejército israelí explicó en redes sociales que se trata de una “alerta proactiva para preparar al público ante la posibilidad de lanzamiento de misiles hacia el Estado de Israel”.
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Netanyahu llama a los israelíes a “mantenerse unidos” para garantizar la “eternidad de Israel”

Tras el bombardeo “preventivo” contra el régimen iraní, el primer ministro de israelí Benjamín Netanyahu. afirmó que los ataques contra Irán buscaban eliminar una “amenaza existencial” para su país.
El jefe de Gobierno señaló que la “acción conjunta” de Israel y Estados Unidos “creará las condiciones para que el valiente pueblo iraní tome su destino en sus propias manos” y elogió al presidente estadounidense Donald Trump por su “liderazgo histórico”
Israel detectó misiles lanzados desde Irán y llama a la población a refugiarse
El ejército israelí informó este sábado que detectó misiles lanzados desde Irán, en aparente represalia al ataque realizado previamente por Israel y Estados Unidos contra la república islámica.
“Hace poco rato, las sirenas sonaron en distintas áreas del país tras la identificación de misiles lanzados desde Irán hacia el Estado de Israel”, indicó el ejército en un comunicado.
Las autoridades enviaron un mensaje de alerta a los teléfonos móviles de la población, instando a los ciudadanos a refugiarse de inmediato.
El mensaje del príncipe heredero Reza Pahlavi de Irán tras los ataques de Estados Unidos e Israel
Reza Pahlavi, líder opositor al régimen iraní en el exilio y e hijo del último sha, dirigió este sábado un mensaje al pueblo ante la operación militar estadounidense e israelí. “Mis queridos compatriotas, momentos de destino nos esperan. La ayuda que el presidente de Estados Unidos prometió al valiente pueblo iraní ya ha llegado. Se trata de una intervención humanitaria; y su objetivo es la República Islámica, su aparato represivo y su maquinaria de masacre, no el país y la gran nación de Irán”, afirmó.
Pahlavi enfatizó que la victoria final depende de la movilización interna: “Incluso con la llegada de esta ayuda, la victoria final seguirá siendo forjada por nuestras manos. Somos nosotros, el pueblo iraní, quienes culminaremos la tarea en esta batalla final. Se acerca la hora de volver a las calles”.
Dirigiéndose a las fuerzas armadas, policiales y de seguridad, Pahlavi exhortó a que se sumen al pueblo: “Han jurado proteger a Irán y al pueblo iraní, no a la República Islámica y a sus líderes. Su deber es defender al pueblo, no a un régimen que ha tomado a nuestra patria como rehén mediante la represión y el crimen. Únanse al pueblo y ayuden a lograr una transición estable y segura. De lo contrario, se hundirán con el barco que se hunde de Jamenei y su régimen”.
En su mensaje al presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, Pahlavi pidió cautela para evitar víctimas civiles: “El noble pueblo de Irán, a pesar de la brutal represión y las masacres de este régimen, se mantuvo firme y valiente durante casi dos meses. Les pido ahora que actúen con la máxima cautela para preservar la vida de los civiles y de mis compatriotas”.
Finalmente, pidió a los iraníes en el país que por ahora permanezcan en sus hogares y estén listos para movilizarse cuando se indique: “En estas horas y días tan sensibles, más que nunca, debemos mantenernos centrados en nuestro objetivo final: recuperar Irán. Les pido que permanezcan en sus hogares por ahora y preserven su seguridad. Manténganse alerta y preparados para que, en el momento oportuno —que les anunciaré con precisión—, puedan regresar a las calles para la acción final”.
“Estamos muy cerca de la victoria final. Quiero estar a su lado lo antes posible para que juntos podamos recuperar y reconstruir Irán”.Donald Trump ofreció al Ejército iraní “inmunidad” o “muerte segura”, concluyó.

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ofreció este sábado a los dirigentes militares del régimen iraní la opción de recibir “inmunidad” o enfrentarse una “muerte segura”.
Estados Unidos inició ataques “de gran envergadura” contra Irán, y Trump afirmó a la población que “la hora de su libertad está al alcance de la mano”.
Medios de la región informan que el presidente de Irán se encuentra “sano y salvo”
Agencias de Medio Oriente confirmaron que el presidente de Irán, Masoud Pezeshkian, se encuentra “sano y salvo y no tiene problemas”.
Por su parte, el líder supremo de Irán no está en Teherán y fue trasladado a un lugar seguro, según un informe de Reuters
Las autoridades iraníes bloquearon los accesos por carretera al complejo de Ali Khamenei, en el centro de la capital iraní, mientras continuaban escuchándose más explosiones en distintos puntos de la capital.
Donald Trump habló tras el ataque de Israel a Irán
El presidente estadounidense calificó los ataques contra Irán como “una misión noble” y argumentó que eran necesarios ante la búsqueda iraní de armas nucleares y sistemas de misiles capaces de alcanzar territorio de Estados Unidos.
Por medio de un video publicado en Truth Social, el mandatario instó a los funcionarios iraníes a “deponer las armas” o “se enfrentarán a una muerte segura”, y alentó al pueblo de Irán a “tomar el control de su gobierno”. ”Será suyo”, sentenció.
El régimen iraní anunció cierre de su espacio aéreo
Irán anunció el cierre de su espacio aéreo tras registrarse varias explosiones en distintos puntos de Teherán y otras ciudades. La noticia se conoció luego de que Israel informara sobre el lanzamiento de un ataque “preventivo” contra territorio iraní.
Reportan explosiones en otras ciudades de Irán
Varias explosiones se registraron el sábado en distintas ciudades de Irán tras las detonaciones ocurridas en la capital, Teherán, según informó la agencia de noticias Fars. Las detonaciones más recientes se escucharon en Isfahán, Qom, Karaj y Kermanshah, en diferentes regiones del país.
El Ministerio de Defensa de Israel informó este sábado que lanzó un “ataque preventivo” contra el régimen de Irán, mientras sonaban sirenas de emergencia en Jerusalén y la población recibía alertas telefónicas sobre una amenaza “extremadamente grave” en todo el país. Posteriormente, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, confirmó que su país también participaba de los bombardeos contra la República Islámica.
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