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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : In 2021, Maine's Human Rights Act was revised to bar discrimination in school athletics on the basis of gender identity.
51% : But last week the board of the Maine Region School Unit voted to ditch a policy that states: 'Students shall be able to participate in accordance with the gender identity asserted at school.' Stark-Chessa's athletic rise has been swift - and controversial.
51% : Under current MPA rules, no medical records or gender reassignment documentation is required.
49% : As president, he has signed executive orders to prohibit that and to use a rigid definition of the sexes, rather than gender, for federal government purposes.
49% : Trump signed an executive order in February, 'Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports,' that gave federal agencies wide latitude to ensure entities that receive federal funding abide by Title IX in alignment with his administration's interpretation of 'sex' as the gender someone was assigned at birth.
32% : Maine has been at the epicenter of controversy after President Trump signed an executive order aimed at 'Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports'.
30% : Back in February, Mills had a now-infamous run-in with the president during a White House meeting, when she told Trump 'see you in court' over his threat to withdraw federal funding if Maine did not comply with his ban.
30% : The lawsuit came after weeks of feuding between the Republican administration and Democratic Governor Janet Mills that had led to threats to cut off crucial federal funding and a clash at the White House when she told President Donald Trump: 'We'll see you in court.' The political overtones of the moment were clear, with Attorney General Pam Bondi - and one of the athletes who joined her on stage at the Justice Department - citing the matter as a priority for Trump.
18% : Men play in men's sports, women play in women's sports.' Trump campaigned against the participation of transgender athletes in sports in his 2024 race Trump campaigned against the participation of transgender athletes in sports in his 2024 race.
12% : 'President Trump, before he was elected, this has been a huge issue for him,' Bondi said.

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