Supreme Court Upholds State Bans on Transgender Athletes
In a decision that split along ideological lines, the Justices ruled that state schools can restrict women’s and girls’ sports for biological females under Title IX.

The Supreme Court upheld state-level bans on transgender competitors playing girls’ sports in Idaho and West Virginia in a landmark decision with major implications for more than half the country where similar policies are in place.
In a decision that split along ideological lines, the Justices ruled that state schools can restrict women’s and girls’ sports for biological females under Title IX.
The Supreme Court upheld state laws from West Virginia and Idaho that restricted participation by transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who has long coached his daughters' and other girls' basketball teams at school, wrote the court's majority opinion.
The decision will let 27 states keep bans on transgender women and girls playing for female sports teams.