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West Virginia et al. v. B.P.J. by her next friend and mother, Heather Jackson No. 22A800 Decided 6 April 2023

Published: April 13, 2023, 6:12 p.m.

This application concerns an important issue that this Court is likely to be required to address in the near future, namely, whether either Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 86 Stat. 373, 20 U. S. C. \xa71681 et seq., or the Fourteenth Amendment\u2019s Equal Protection Clause prohibits a State from restricting participation in women\u2019s or girls\u2019 sports based on genes or physiological or anatomical characteristics.