West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said on Thursday the state will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a law banning transgender athletes from female sports teams, one of numerous Republican-backed measures across the country targeting LGBT rights.
The state's request to the Supreme Court, due to be filed later on Thursday, is meant "to defend the integrity of women's sports here in West Virginia," Morrisey said.
"We will vigorously defend Becky's right to participate in team sports, and would urge state legislators countrywide to just let the kids play," the American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal, an LGBT legal group, said in a statement. The groups are representing Pepper-Jackson along with the Cooley law firm.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin initially blocked the law, allowing Becky to participate on the teams. But in January he reversed course, finding that the state measure was lawful.
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