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.

Georgetown Law has agreed to extend a period to defer exams for a pregnant student after she was initially denied.

Georgetown University Law School allegedly denied a pregnant student accommodations to take an exam early and instead are forcing her