GOP governor reveals why he ordered schools to bar transgender athletes from girls sports

Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines details her plan to testify at the Georgia Capitol with other NCAA athletes and reacts to comments made by transgender golfer Hailey Davidson.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little sent a message to his state's schools Wednesday when he issued an executive order to carry out the Defending Women's Sports Act. It was the latest move in a national effort to prevent biological men from competing in women’s sports in response to attempted changes to Title IX by the Biden-Harris administration. 

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital Friday, Little did not rule out having schools administer gender eligibility tests to any student who wants to compete in a girls or women’s sports, but he added he’d need more evidence to make a judgment. 

"Are we going to require every person that competes in women’s sports to take a blood test? I’d have to see really good evidence that that’s necessary," Little said when asked about the tests, which often measure hormone levels or chromosomes to determine gender eligibility. 

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Gender eligibility tests came into the spotlight this year when the International Boxing Association (IBF) put out a statement saying it had disqualified women's boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting from world championships in 2023 for failing to meet gender eligibility requirements based on tests. IBF President Umar Kremlev claimed unpublished DNA test results showed the two athletes have XY chromosomes, which is the default combination for men. 

The two boxers won gold at the Paris Olympics this year, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) defended Khelif and Lin in an Aug. 1 statement, claiming they "comply with the competition’s