The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases that deal with state laws that prohibit biological males from competing in girls’ sports. The states of West Virginia and Idaho have asked the nation’s high court to intervene.
In State of West Virginia v. B.P.J., West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey, supported by ADF attorneys who serve as co-counsel and also as counsel to former college soccer player Lainey Armistead, asked the Supreme Court to hear their case after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled against West Virginia’s law protecting fairness in women’s sports. In Little v. Hecox, Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador is asking the high court to uphold his state’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit stopped the law from going into effect.
“It’s a great day, as female athletes in West Virginia will have their voices heard,” McCuskey said. “The people of West Virginia know that it’s unfair to let male athletes compete against women; that’s why we passed this commonsense law preserving women’s sports for women. We are confident the Supreme Court will uphold the Save Women’s Sports Act because it complies with the U.S. Constitution and complies with Title IX. And most importantly: It protects women and girls by ensuring the playing field is safe and fair.”
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The case could have ramifications for Alaska, where current state regulations protect girls’ sports by requiring that participants in all-girl competitions be biologically female.
In 2023, Alaska’s Board of Education adopted new regulations that prohibit gender-confused biological males from competing in girls’ high school sports. Efforts to codify this in state law have been blocked by the Democrat-controlled majorities in the State Legislature, which means state law remains silent on the matter.
Alaska’s policy follows on the heels of many other states that have also moved to protect women’s sports from biological males. To date, nearly half of all U.S. states have similar policies in place.
These changes have come in part due to multiple instances in which biological males have shattered female records on the way to championships and titles that have squeezed out top female athletes in recent years.
Advocates for girls sports point out that no amount of cross-sex hormones or puberty blockers can level the playing field between biological males and females.
If the U.S. Supreme Court rules that states can ban biological males from girls’ sports, it will give added fuel to the effort to codify such practices in Alaska.
“I am thrilled the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear our case,” Attorney General Raúl Labrador said. “For too long, activists have worked to sideline women and girls in their own sports. Men and women are biologically different, and we hope the court will allow states to end this injustice and ensure men no longer create a dangerous, unfair environment for women to showcase their incredible talent and pursue the equal opportunities they deserve.”
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hello
Men and women are biologically different.
You’re a boy are girl end of story.
God made Man and Women, not these miss guided freak show people.
REVOLUTION, REFORMATION, REVIVAL
pray……………PREPARE……………PROCEED
dunleavy ought to prioritize fixing this perversion higher than a new agricultural department in his dysfunctional brain!
Speaking only for myself and not the Anchorage School District or School Board.
Unfortunately, the current Anchorage School Board has refused to consider revisions to ensure parental notification in current “administrative guidelines” and change conflicts with Federal DOE and State Board of Education policy regarding boys playing in girls’ sports. See Administrative Guidelines: Working with Transgender and Gender nonconforming Students and Employees”.
XI. STUDENT INTRAMURAL AND INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS:
All students will be permitted to participate in intramural sports in a manner
consistent with their gender identity consistently expressed at school. Furthermore,
all students will be permitted to participate in District-sponsored interscholastic
athletics in a manner consistent with their gender identity. ASAA determines its
own rules for interscholastic competitions.
Dave Donley
Member Anchorage School Board
As a 7th grader, I remember playing school sports (inside the gym) with the boys. However, we never shared locker rooms or shower space – ever. By 9th grade all sports were separated by biological gender, for obvious reasons.