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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/pregnancy-and-the-ncaa/">Protecting the rights of pregnant athletes in the NCAA</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted August 8, 2007 at 11:00 AM by Kristin Bland</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics met last month in Charlotte N.C. to focus on how best to educate athletes on their rights and protections.&nbsp; More specifically, the committee met to discuss rights pertaining to female athletes who become pregnant.&nbsp; Discussion of the issue surfaced after athletes at Clemson and Memphis were asked to sign a contract which stated that, in the event of pregnancy, their scholarships would be lost; such a contract influenced one athlete to choose an abortion over violating her contract and losing her scholarship. Janet Kittell, the outgoing chairwoman of the NCAA’s Committee on Women’s Athletics, described the meeting as a very amicable, productive, and positive discussion, centered around the objective question: “How can we help?” The committee focused their discussions on Title IX, an important federal law which requires schools…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/pregnancy-and-the-ncaa/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/pregnancy-and-the-ncaa/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/pregnancy-and-the-ncaa/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/pregnancy-and-the-ncaa/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/special-features/">special-features</a><br /><br /> </P>