FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 12th, 2026
Contact: Ashley Vaughan
ashley@ncvalues.org

NC VALUES JOINS NATIONAL RALLY AS SUPREME COURT HEARS LANDMARK WOMEN’S SPORTS CASES

Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two landmark cases—West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Hecox v. Little—that will determine whether states may continue to protect fairness and equal opportunity in women’s and girls’ sports.

To mark this historic moment, the NC Values Coalition team and members of our coalition are traveling to Washington, D.C. to participate in the Rally for Women’s Sports outside the United States Supreme Court to stand with female athletes and advocates who believe women’s sports should be reserved for women.

“This is a defining moment for women’s sports in America,” said NC Values Coalition Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald. “Men should not be allowed to rob women and girls of safety and opportunities for competition in athletics. We are proud to stand with women and girls because they deserve fairness, safety, and equal opportunity in sports.”

Background:

Men and women are biologically different—a reality recognized by science and common sense. These differences, including greater average height and weight, stronger bones, larger muscle mass, and higher energy output in males, create undeniable performance gaps in athletics. That is precisely why women’s sports were created.

West Virginia and Idaho each enacted commonsense laws to protect women’s and girls’ sports by ensuring female teams are reserved for female athletes. In both states, those protections were challenged by transgender activists and the ACLU, resulting in years of litigation and inconsistent lower-court rulings that allowed girls to be displaced from fair competition.

In 2023, the General Assembly passed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act with strong support from NC Values Coalition. This law ensures that athletic teams be designated by sex in public schools and universities in North Carolina. Currently, 27 states have similar laws.

Tomorrow’s arguments give the Supreme Court an opportunity to affirm biological reality and uphold laws designed to protect equal opportunities for women across the United States.

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