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Analysis: Pennsylvania Women’s Athletics & Sex-Distinct Sports Policies
February 2025 - Athletic teams have long been separated by male and female in order to foster safety, fairness, and athletic opportunities for women and girls. While sex distinctions were generally prohibited under Title IX, these reasonable sex-based distinctions...
Analysis: Pennsylvania School Restroom & Locker Room Privacy
February 2025 - We show respect for the dignity of all people by providing separate space for males and females in instances where privacy between the two sexes is relevant, such as in restrooms, showers, locker rooms, and overnight accommodations like dorm rooms and...
Case Page: Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. PA Dept of Human Services
The Pennsylvania Constitution contains no right to an abortion or to taxpayer funded abortions, but the abortion industry is asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to find (invent) one in a case they filed, Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania...
Case Page: Groff v. Dejoy: Religious Accommodation in the Workplace
All Americans should have the freedom to work without being forced to choose between their faith and their job. But that is the choice Gerald Groff’s employer forced him to make. Groff, a United States Postal Service worker firmly believes he must “[r]emember the...
Case Page: Vlaming v. West Point School Board
Peter Vlaming, a high school French teacher in Virginia, was terminated from his job at West Point High School because he could not comply with the school board’s ultimatum that he use male pronouns to refer to a female student who identified as male. Mr. Vlaming...
Case Page: Meriwether v. The Trustees of Shawnee State University
Dr. Nicolas Meriwether, a philosophy professor, was punished by Shawnee State University because he declined a male student’s demand to be referred to as a woman, with feminine titles and feminine pronouns. Dr. Meriwether offered to use the student’s first or last...
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