Transgender students from Idaho and West Virginia are challenging state bans on allowing transgender females in girls sports.

The Supreme Court is weighing two lawsuits from transgender female athletes challenging bans in West Virginia and Idaho.

Former NCAA swimmer and conservative activist Riley Gaines speaks with college athletes and U.S. Supreme Court case parties Lainey Armistead, Mary Kate Marshall and Madison Kenyon after a press conference ahead of the court hearing arguments on the legality of state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools,

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

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to state laws banning transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports. To date, 27 states have enacted laws barring transgender participation in sports.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared inclined to uphold state laws banning transgender women and girls from playing on women’s and girls’ sports teams. Justices in the court’s conservative majority voiced skepticism that such laws unconstitutionally discriminate against transgender athletes.

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on efforts to enforce state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools.

At oral arguments for a pair of landmark cases today, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority sounded disinclined to strike down state bans on transgender girls and women playing in girls’ and women’s sports.