(The Center Square) – What started with a petition from three female athletes is now pushing bathroom policies to the state level.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin ordered Virginia’s Board of Health to begin writing new rules on sex-separated sports and facilities to “heed the call of common sense.”

Youngkin signed Executive Directive 14 on Oct. 2, telling the board to begin a rulemaking process that would prohibit biological males from participating in female-only athletic teams or using designated female spaces, such as locker rooms and bathrooms.

Youngkin said in a statement that “the health and safety of women and girls in sex separated spaces and participating in athletic competitions is in serious jeopardy due to irresponsible policies.”

The timing comes as bathrooms and school spor

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