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Senator from Henderson urges Supreme Court to uphold Kentucky law protecting female athletes
Summary
On the Senate floor, the senator identified as 'Senator from Henderson' urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold state laws restricting male participation in girls' and women's sports, citing Kentucky’s 2022 law and naming pending cases West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox.
A senator identified in the record as "Senator from Henderson" used floor time to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold laws he said protect female athletes. The senator cited Kentucky’s 2022 measure, Senate Bill 83, and named pending cases — West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox — saying oral arguments would determine "the fate of fairness in sports for hundreds of thousands of school-age women and girls across the state."
The senator said allowing males to compete in women’s sports had removed opportunities from girls and alleged safety harms, naming individual athletes as examples of lost titles and injuries. "Fairness starts with facts, and it lies and and it's a lie that a man can be a woman," the senator said on the floor, and urged the court to "restore common sense, fairness, and safety in women's sports by recognizing biological realities."
The remarks were delivered as part of routine floor business; the transcript records no formal debate or direct rebuttal during this session. The senator referenced Kentucky’s prior legislative action (SB 83 in 2022) as the state-level policy the floor statement sought to defend. The transcript does not record any immediate floor motion or vote tied to the statement; no witnesses or staff testimony was presented on this point during the session.
