Judge rules against female athletes seeking mandatory gender testing in NCAA to combat trans inclusion
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A Texas judge ruled on Tuesday night against an injunction that sought to force the NCAA to implement mandatory gender testing to keep trans athletes out of women's sports.
Lubbock County Judge Les Hatch, a Republican, presided over a hearing brought about by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who sued the NCAA over its recent revised gender eligibility policy.
The NCAA revised its policy in February to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order to ban trans athletes from women's and girls' sports, now ruling that any biological male athlete is ineligible to compete in the women's category. However, Paxton and many women's rights activists argued the policy does not do enough to keep trans athletes out of women's sports, and mandatory gender testing is necessary to enforce the ban.
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Paxton was joined by three former women collegiate athletes impacted by trans inclusion. Former San Jose State University volleyball player Brooke Slusser, former University of Kentucky swimmer Kaitlynn Wheeler and former North Carolina State University Kylee Alons all testified, sharing their own experiences of having to compete with trans athletes.
Slusser shared her experience of having to share a team, locker room and bedroom with former teammate Blaire Fleming, while Wheeler and Alons shared their experiences competing with former University of Pennsylvania Swimmer Lia Thomas.
However, Paxton's arguments and the women athletes' testimonies were not enough to convince Hatch to rule in favor of the injunction.
The NCAA provided a statement to Fox News