Under the federal gender equity law known as Title IX, universities are required to provide accommodations for all pregnant students, as well as those who have recently given birth. An online petition that circulated last week called on Georgetown to approve the requested accommodation, accusing the university of violating Lovely’s Title IX rights.

Brittany Lovely, a second-year law student, is expecting her first child during the upcoming exam period and sought to take her exams either early or remotely. The university initially denied ...