Transgender teen wins state shot put title as Supreme Court weighs West Virginia sports ban
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Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 15-year-old transgender girl, won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. However, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on her challenge to West Virginia's trans sports ban (H.B. 3293, the "Save Women's Sports Act") before the end of June. While a federal court injunction allowed her to compete and lower courts sided with her family, the Supreme Court may uphold the ban, consistent with last year's U.S. v. Skrmetti ruling.
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· 4 pulledBecky Pepper-Jackson, a 15-year-old transgender girl, won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on her challenge to West Virginia's trans sports ban later this month, with a decision expected before the end of June.
The ban, enacted as H.B. 3293 and labeled the 'Save Women's Sports Act' by state Republicans, would bar her from women's sports going forward.
Oral arguments occurred in January, and lower courts sided with her family, but justices signaled they may uphold the ban, consistent with last year's U.S. v. Skrmetti ruling.
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