Supreme Court appears likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes
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Key Points:
- The U.S. Supreme Court showed sympathy toward state laws that ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports, with 27 states having enacted such laws.
- Supporters argue these laws ensure fairness by preventing athletes assigned male at birth from having an advantage in women's sports, while opponents claim they violate federal law and constitutional equal protection rights.
- The cases before the court involved an Idaho college student barred from trying out for a women's track team and a West Virginia middle school student prohibited from competing in school sports due to state laws.
- The Supreme Court has previously extended federal sex discrimination protections to transgender individuals but has also upheld state restrictions on transgender rights in areas such as medical treatments for minors, military service, and gender identification on
