Back in December, NCAA President Charlie Baker testified that out of the more than 500,000 total college student athletes, he believed fewer than 10 were transgender.

Last month, President Trump signed an executive order to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls and women's sports.

White House correspondent Laura Brone Lopez has a closer look at the debate around this issue.

The president's order was part of a series of moves targeting the rights of trans people.

The order directed federal agencies to withhold funding from schools that allow transgender athletes to compete.

The NCAA quickly changed its rules,

limiting participation in women's sports

to those assigned female at birth.

And more recently,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told consulates worldwide

to deny visas for transgender athletes

coming to the U.S. for competitions.

Also, California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom broke with his party

when he said that fairness is an issue, but that it's important for vulnerable communities to be

treated with care. Dr. Bradley Anewalt is an endocrinologist and professor at the University of Washington.

I spoke with him earlier, and he says that tension is at the heart of the debate.

In sports, we like to have a sense that the playing field is level, that there is fairness and competition.

Another really important value in sports is that we want everybody have an opportunity to play,

particularly when we're talking about young people. And as a result, with this particular topic, there is apparent conflict between those two values.

And when signing his executive action banning trans athletes in women sports, President Trump said this.

We will defend the proud tradition of female athletes, and we will not allow men to beat up injure and cheat our women and our girls.

From now on, women's sports will be only for women.

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