Track Org Should Rescind New Rules For Intersex Athletes
By Ronald Katz (May 7, 2018, 1:12 PM EDT) -- It is normal, appropriate and ethical for athletic organizations to prohibit the ingestion of testosterone in order to prevent artificial performance enhancement. The opposite, however — limiting naturally produced testosterone by requiring the ingestion of drugs as a prerequisite for competing with athletes of the sex in which one has been brought up — is abnormal, inappropriate and unethical. The latter is exactly what the International Association of Athletics Federations, which governs international track and field, did when it announced on April 26 new regulations, effective Nov. 1, 2018, regarding intersex athletes who have been brought up female competing against females. Because, as described below, the new regulations are discriminatory, invasive, unscientific and unethical, the IAAF should rescind them immediately....
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