[4][5] On February 6, 2025, the NCAA changed its policy to limit college competitions in women's sports to athletes who were assigned female at birth, effective immediately.

[9] Previously, a similar poll conducted in 2023 by Gallup found that nearly 69% of U.S. adults say transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete on sports teams that correspond with the sexes they were assigned at birth.

[11] The measure amends Title IX, the federal education law that bars sex-based discrimination, to define sex as based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.

[12] Democratic lawmakers, led by Suzanne Bonamici, argued the bill puts young girls who want to play sports at risk of harassment and abuse by allowing adults to ask for gender checks and even perform genital investigations.

Candice Jackson explained that it is to "restore athletic records to women who have for years been devalued, ignored and forced to watch men steal their accolades.