States can legally bar transgender girls from playing on women’s and girls’ sports teams, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The decision to uphold a pair of laws in Idaho and West Virginia banning transgender participation in women and girls’ sports affirms that Title IX allows schools “to provide separate women’s and men’s sports teams defined by biological sex.”
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“Women and girls should be allowed to compete for those life-changing opportunities on an equal playing field, without fear of physical injury from biological males or being forced to compete against biological males,” wrote Justice Brent Kavanaugh in the majority opinion.
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