The article argues that the federal Protect College Sports Act could undermine state laws intended to prevent transgender women and girls from competing in female sports. Its author contends that this would jeopardise equal sporting opportunities for female athletes and could force women’s-sport eligibility disputes back into court.

The piece says 27 US states have passed laws restricting participation in girls’ sports on the basis of sex, following concerns that male athletes were competing in female categories. It cites the Alliance Defending Freedom’s legal work with Connecticut runner Selina Soule and presents the proposed federal legislation as a potential reversal of those state-level protections.