The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to consider state efforts to ban men from women’s sports.
The justices agreed to take up two cases considering bans in West Virginia and Idaho, West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox, brought by male students who identify as female.
“Women and girls have overcome decades of discrimination to achieve a more equal playing field in many arenas of American life—including sports,” Idaho’s petition states. “Yet in some competitions, female athletes have become bystanders in their own sports as male athletes who identify as female have taken the place of their female competitors—on the field and on the winners’ podium.”
More than half of the country’s states have passed bans restricting men from competing in women’s sports.
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