The Court holds that, under Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, schools may maintain separate women's and girls' sports teams for biological females and may determine eligibility for those teams based on biological sex. Title IX permits schools to provide sex-separated teams defined by biological sex, and limiting girls' and women's teams to biological females does not violate equal protection because the sex-based classification is substantially related to the important interests of safety and competitive fairness.
CASE: West Virginia v. B. P. J.
AUTHOR: Kavanaugh, J.
DECIDED: 2026-06-30
OPINION: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf
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