The Ninth Circuit erred when it held that Idaho's Fairness in Women's Sports Act likely violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Constitution does not require States to redefine 'sex' to mean or include 'gender identity.' The difference between men and women in athletics 'is a real one, and the principle of equal protection does not forbid' States from 'address[ing] the problem at hand in a manner specific to each gender."
The Amici States all have laws and policies-like West Virginia's Sports Act-that bar biological males from trying out for women's and girls' sports teams or competing in women's and girls' athletic competitions. Those laws reflect basic biology; they also reflect the fact that ignoring basic biology robs women and girls of an equal opportunity to compete for athletic accolades.
Idaho and West Virginia have asked the Supreme Court to hear cases concerning iterations of the Fairness in Women's Sports Act in each state, a bill that restricts trans girls' and women's right to participate in girls' and women's sports by defining them as men.
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