Apparently Common Sense Needed a Supreme Court Ruling

As a mom of three girls, I am proud to see SCOTUS uphold what should have never been in question. Girls deserve a fair shot, and protecting that principle should never have required a trip all the way to the Supreme Court. The Court upheld state laws that protect girls’ and women’s sports based on biological sex, which should not feel revolutionary, but apparently this is where we are now.

For years, parents, coaches, and female athletes were made to feel as though asking for fairness was somehow unreasonable. It never was. Girls’ sports exist because women and girls deserve the opportunity to compete against one another on equal terms. That is the foundation women’s sports were built on, and it is worth protecting.

What has always surprised me is how quickly common sense became controversial. Apparently, saying “biology matters in sports” became too much for polite society. We were all supposed to nod along while the entire purpose of girls’ sports got treated like an outdated inconvenience. Most parents never stopped believing that fairness matters. Most female athletes never stopped believing they deserved the opportunity to compete on a level playing field. They were simply waiting for leaders to say what so many people already knew.

Too often, this conversation became about everything except the girls who have dedicated years to training, competing, and pursuing opportunities through sports. Whether it is a roster spot, a scholarship, a state title, or simply the chance to test themselves against their peers, those opportunities matter. They deserve to be preserved for the athletes they were created to serve.This does not require cruelty toward anyone. It requires honesty about why girls’ sports exist in the first place.

This decision is not about politics for me. It is about protecting the categories, scholarships, roster spots and titles created for women. Hard work should be rewarded with a fair chance to compete, not with changing rules that undermine the purpose of girls’ sports.

I am grateful SCOTUS got this one right. Fairness is not discrimination. Biology is not hate speech. Girls’ sports are not some outdated relic we keep around for decoration. They exist for a reason, and they are worth protecting.