The Record · Statement
A Major Victory for Girls’ and Women’s Sports
On June 30, 2026, the United States Supreme Court ruled that States may keep girls’ and women’s sports for biological females — a decisive win for fairness, safety, and common sense.
The short version
In West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox, the Court held 6–3 that both Title IX and the Constitution let schools “determine eligibility for women’s and girls’ sports based on biological sex.” Two lower-court rulings were reversed.
What the justices said
Justice Kavanaugh, for the Court: “Every biological male who wins a race takes the gold medal away from a female athlete.”
Justice Thomas, concurring: “A man does not have a legal right to compete against women just because he believes that he is a woman.”
Justice Gorsuch, concurring: nothing in Title IX bars a school from “restricting a school-sponsored sports team to biological women or girls.”
Why it matters
Fairness and safety win. The Court recognized the real injury risks — and the lost medals, roster spots, and scholarships — when females are forced to compete against males. Twenty-seven states, the NCAA, the U.S. Olympic Committee, and the International Olympic Committee had already drawn this line. Now the highest court in the land agrees.
Read it yourself
The full opinion lays out the facts, the constitutional standard, and the Court’s reasoning.