The conservative-dominated court will likely uphold state laws banning transgender athletes from participating in girls' and womens' sports, in spite of an attorney's counter-argument that the number of transgender girls who have excelled in competitive sports are in fact 'few and far between.'

If bans on trans youth athletes are upheld, more girls could face ‘invasive sex testing’ and trans people could broadly lose civil rights protections

The Supreme Court is debating the laws passed by more than half the states to bar transgender girls and women from playing on female teams.