{"id":89369,"date":"2026-07-01T05:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/supreme-court-rules-states-can-ban-transgender-athletes-from-womens-sports\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T05:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:00:54","slug":"supreme-court-rules-states-can-ban-transgender-athletes-from-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/supreme-court-rules-states-can-ban-transgender-athletes-from-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Rules States Can Ban Transgender Athletes from Women&#8217;s Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1782896454779.png?resize=1%2C1&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89368\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The United States Supreme Court issued a ruling Tuesday giving states the green light to ban transgender girls and women from competing on female school sports teams.<\/p><p>At the same time, the high court made clear that the decision is not a nationwide mandate \u2014 states that wish to allow transgender athletes to participate in women&#8217;s and girls&#8217; sports are still free to do so.<\/p><p>The ruling effectively places the authority on this issue in the hands of individual states, allowing each to set its own policy on transgender participation in school athletics.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states have the authority to prohibit transgender girls and women from competing on female school sports teams. However, the ruling also clarifies that states may choose to permit transgender athletes to participate if they wish. The decision leaves the final call up to individual states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":89368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1782896454779.png?fit=1%2C1&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-nfr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":88913,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/supreme-court-rules-states-can-ban-transgender-girls-from-school-sports\/","url_meta":{"origin":89369,"position":0},"title":"Supreme Court Rules States Can Ban Transgender Girls From School Sports","author":"Admin","date":"June 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld state laws prohibiting transgender girls and women from competing on school athletic teams, delivering another legal setback for transgender Americans. 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