West Virginia filed a petition with the Supreme Court on Tuesday requesting the high court hear its case State of West Virginia v. B.P.J., which had banned biological boys from competing in girls’ sports.
“We have always been confident in the merits of our case and defense of the Save Women’s Sports Act, which protects safety and fairness in women’s and girls’ sports,” Attorney General JB McCuskey said in a statement. “The law is constitutional and complies with Title IX. While Skrmetti is a landmark decision, our specific question remains; that is why we are urging the Supreme Court, through our supplemental filing, to take our case and allow the women and girls of West Virginia to begin enjoying the protections of the Save Women’s Sports Act.”
McCuskey’s filing came a week after the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s law banning puberty blockers and sex-reassignment surgeries for minors. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti had argued that the Biden administration’s expanded guidelines in Title IX were based on federal overreach.
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