The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states have the authority to prohibit males who identify as females from participating in girls’ and women's sporting competitions, saying such policies do not violate Title IX civil rights antidiscrimination law.
In a decision released Tuesday morning in the case of State of West Virginia v. B.P.J., the high court upheld West Virginia's Save Women's Sports Act of 2021.
The decision also upheld a similar law passed by Idaho known as the Fairness in Women's Sports Act, which was the focus of the case of Lindsay Hecox et al. v. Bradley Little, et al.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh authored the majority opinion, being joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and justices Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito.
“The question before the Court is: Under Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, may schools maintain women’s and girls’ sports for biological females?” wrote Kavanaugh.
“In other words, may schools determine eligibility for women’s and girls’ sports based on biological sex? The answer is yes.”
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