In Legal Win For Girls Sports, Clinton-Appointed Judge Notes ‘Inherent Physical Differences Between The Sexes’ – By Amanda Prestigiacomo (Daily Wire) / Jan 7, 2023
A federal judge issued a decision Thursday that upholds West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act, legislation that separates sports by biological sex, as opposed to “gender identity.”
Southern District of West Virginia Judge Joseph R. Goodwin, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, highlighted the “average physical differences between the sexes” in his decision.
“While some females may be able to outperform some males, it is generally accepted that, on average, males outperform females athletically because of inherent physical differences between the sexes,” Goodwin wrote. “This is not an overbroad generalization, but rather a general principle that realistically reflects the average physical differences between the sexes.”
“I do not see how I could find that the state’s classification based on biological sex is not substantially related to its interest in providing equal athletic opportunities for females,” the judge added.
