Now’s The Time To Defend Women’s Sports Around the World | Opinion [Video]

We are at a critical juncture for women and girls in sports both in the United States and around the world. The U.S. Supreme Court currently has before it two petitions asking it to hear key cases on the matter of protecting female athletes from having to compete against males. The Court has the opportunity to take these cases, brought by West Virginia and Idaho and three female athletes represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, and set the record straight—female sports belong to female athletes.

At the international level, there’s been an evident tide shift following the Paris Olympics. It’s becoming increasingly impossible to ignore the consequences for female athletes when males are allowed into their sports and related spaces. We can’t pretend we don’t see the grim picture—when we ignore biological reality, it is women and girls who suffer most.

I went to United Nations Headquarters earlier this month to deliver this message…