This article's language leans conservative: first, the article title suggests Illinois's policy concerning trans athletes is the root of the conflict, when the policy has never changed and was not at the forefront of national attention until Trump's executive order to ban trans athletes from women's sports. Their resistance to the executive order was characterized as the state using the same "playbook" as another state in resistance, Maine, rather than acknowledging Illinois's adherence to its own state policies. There is a greater emphasis on Republican state GOP lawmakers in opposition to Illinois's ruling, rather than those in defense of the ruling. The situation is further framed in a pro-trans-athlete light by highlighting a mother who advocated for the ban, but none from the opposing side.