West Virginia Sen. Jim Justice wants NCAA to make clear ‘a women’s locker room is for women only’
West Virginia Sen. Jim Justice and a group of GOP senators are calling on the NCAA to clarify its policy regarding biological males in women’s locker rooms. In an exclusive letter obtained by Fox News Digital, Justice urged NCAA President Charlie Baker to ensure that “a women’s locker room is for women only.”
Justice, who also serves as a women’s basketball coach at Greenbrier East High School in Lewisburg, West Virginia, emphasized the importance of protecting female athletes. He stated, “I’ll always work to make sure women athletes, like those I coach back in West Virginia, feel safe while changing in locker rooms and competing in athletic events.”
The letter, co-signed by Senators Tommy Tuberville, Shelley Moore Capito, Mike Crapo, Jim Banks, James Risch, Mike Lee, and James Lankford, highlighted President Trump’s executive order on “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” to uphold Title IX and safeguard opportunities for biological female athletes.
Following Trump’s order, the NCAA updated its policy to prohibit biological males from participating in women’s sports. Justice and his Senate colleagues praised this move but urged the organization to take further steps to protect the safety and privacy of female athletes nationwide.
While the NCAA’s policy currently prohibits biological male student-athletes from competing on women’s teams, Justice called on the organization to explicitly forbid access to female-only spaces, such as women’s locker rooms. He also suggested adding additional privacy protections for women and girls in sports.
In response to the NCAA’s new trans-participation policy, which defines “sex assigned at birth” as the male or female designation given by doctors at birth, Justice commended the organization’s stance. However, he suggested that the policy should explicitly state that amended birth certificates are prohibited to ensure fairness in women’s sports.
Overall, Justice and his Senate colleagues expressed support for President Trump’s efforts to safeguard female athletes and looked forward to collaborating with the NCAA to ensure equal opportunities in athletics for women and girls.
