U.S. State Attorney Generals Call on Supreme Court to Limit Girls’ Sports to Biological Females

Attorney Generals of 24 states in the US have filed a friend-of-the-court brief to the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling in an Arizona case to exclude transwomen from girl’s and women’s sports. A federal appeals court has ruled that Arizona law restricting girls’ sports teams to biological females violates the constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. One of the Attorney General writes that sports teams are divided by sex, to begin with, to give girls a level playing field so they’re not competing against boys.

A United Nations report has revealed that female athletes have lost nearly 900 medals to transgender rivals competing against them in women’s sporting categories. Some sports federations mandate pharmaceutical testosterone suppression for athletes to qualify for female categories. Still, the approach has been criticized, citing health concerns and the already acquired advantages that are not negated by the suppressants.

The US Supreme Court is also hearing a challenge to Tennessee’s law that bans sex reassignment surgery for minors and also prohibits hormone therapy and puberty blockers that have created a pathway for biological males to compete in girls’ youth sports teams across the country.