West Virginia v. B. P. J. · ¶80

What is more, forcing women and girls to play against biological males can deter some women and girls who would otherwise participate in sports from doing so—out of understandable concern about suffering serious injury or participating in what they view as an unfair competition. That second-order effect of allowing biological males to play women’s and girls’ sports cannot be papered over, so the States say.

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