- Ashley Hinson consistently opposed policies that allow transgender students to use facilities matching their gender identity, including urging Linn-Mar School District to end its gender support policy and opposing changes to Title IX expanding protections for transgender students (Radio Iowa, Muscatine Journal).
- She strongly supported Iowa state laws and federal efforts banning transgender women and girls from participating in girls’ sports, repeatedly praising the actions of Gov. Kim Reynolds and Republican lawmakers (Des Moines Register, Telegraph Herald).
- Hinson justified her position on transgender participation in girls’ sports by citing fairness, the "biological differences" between men and women, and protecting the integrity and progress of women’s athletics (Daily Nonpareil, Globe Gazette).
- She opposed the Biden administration’s efforts to expand Title IX protections for transgender students and praised legal rulings that blocked such changes (Globe Gazette, Daily Nonpareil).
- Hinson raised concerns about parental notification policies, arguing that schools should inform parents if students seek to change their gender identity or pronouns, framing it as a matter of parental rights and student well-being (Radio Iowa).
2022: Ashley Hinson Opposed Linn-Mar School District's Gender Support Policy According to Radio Iowa, 'Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson of Marion says the Linn-Mar School District should end its policy that lets transgender junior high and senior high students use restrooms and lockers rooms that do not align with the gender listed on their birth certificate.' [Radio Iowa, 5/5/22]
August 2024: Hinson Praised Iowa's Ban Of Transgender Athletes In Girls Sports According to Globe Gazette, "She praised Gov. Kim Reynolds and Republican state lawmakers for banning transgender athletes competing in girls sports at the high school and college levels, cutting taxes and passing a law blocked in federal court that would allow Iowa law enforcement to arrest and charge noncitizens with a crime if they are in the state but have previously been blocked from entering the country or deported." [Globe Gazette (Mason City, Iowa), 8/6/24]
2024: Hinson Praised Iowa Ban on Transgender Athletes in Girls Sports According to Telegraph Herald, 'She praised Gov. Kim Reynolds and Republican state lawmakers for banning transgender athletes competing in girls sports at the high school and college levels, cutting taxes and passing a law [...] that would allow Iowa law enforcement to arrest and charge noncitizens with a crime if they are in the state but have previously been blocked from entering the country or deported.' [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 10/26/24]
Ashley Hinson Publicly Opposed Biological Men In Girls Sports In 2024 Victory Speech According to Des Moines Register, "We also sent a message that girls sports are for girls, not biological men." [Des Moines Register, 11/7/24]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Credited Iowa Governor For 2022 Law Limiting Transgender Participation In Girls' Sports According to Sioux City Journal, Hinson "also thanked Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, who in 2022 signed a sate law prohibiting school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls." [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 1/17/25]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Praised House Passage Of Bill To Ban Transgender Athletes From Girls' Sports According to Muscatine Journal, "Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson of Marion praised passage of a House GOP-led bill that would bar transgender athletes from participating in women's and girls' sports at schools and institutions receiving federal funds as a victory for protecting the 'integrity of girls' sports.'" [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 1/17/25]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Thanked Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds For 2022 Ban On Transgender Girls In School Sports According to Muscatine Journal, "She also thanked Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, who in 2022 signed a sate law prohibiting school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls." [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 1/17/25]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Supported House Bill To Ban Transgender Athletes From Women’s And Girls’ Sports According to Daily Nonpareil, "Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson of Marion praised passage of a House GOP-led bill that would bar transgender athletes from participating in women's and girls' sports at schools and institutions receiving federal funds as a victory for protecting the 'integrity of girls' sports.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 1/17/25]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Cited Biological Differences To Support Exclusion Of Transgender Athletes In Girls’ Sports According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson said Thursday during a conference call with reporters. 'Ignoring the biological differences between men and women and allowing biological boys to compete against girls is unfair, and it sets the progress made in women's athletics and girls sports back 50 years.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 1/17/25]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Thanked Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds For 2022 State Law Banning Trans Women In Girls’ School Sports According to Daily Nonpareil, "She also thanked Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, who in 2022 signed a sate law prohibiting school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls." [Daily Nonpareil, 1/17/25]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Supported House Bill Banning Transgender Athletes In Girls' Sports According to Globe Gazette, "Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson of Marion praised passage of a House GOP-led bill that would bar transgender athletes from participating in women's and girls' sports at schools and institutions receiving federal funds as a victory for protecting the 'integrity of girls' sports.'" [Globe Gazette, 1/17/25]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Argued For "Fair Playing Field" For Female Athletes According to Globe Gazette, "I believe female athletes who are passionate about their sports and train and practice hard should have the opportunity to compete on a fair playing field," Hinson said Thursday during a conference call with reporters. "Ignoring the biological differences between men and women and allowing biological boys to compete against girls is unfair, and it sets the progress made in women's athletics and girls sports back 50 years." [Globe Gazette, 1/17/25]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Praised Kentucky Judge's Block Of Biden's Title IX Expansion According to Globe Gazette, "Hinson also praised a federal judge's ruling in Kentucky that blocked Democratic President Joe Biden's effort to expand protections for transgender students and make other changes to the rules governing sex discrimination in schools by expanding the definition of Title IX to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity." [Globe Gazette, 1/17/25]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Thanked Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds For 2022 Transgender Sports Law According to Globe Gazette, "She also thanked Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, who in 2022 signed a state law prohibiting school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls." [Globe Gazette, 1/17/25]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Voted To Restrict Transgender Athletes In Women's and Girls' Sports According to Des Moines Register, 'All four of Iowa's U.S. House members voted Tuesday to pass the Republican-led bill that prevents transgender women and girls from participating in women's and girls school sports.' [Des Moines Register (Iowa), 1/20/25]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Argued That Allowing Transgender Girls To Compete Undermined Women's Sports According to Des Moines Register, 'Ignoring the biological differences between men and women and allowing biological boys to compete against girls is unfair, and it sets the progress made in women's athletics and girls sports back 50 years,' she said. [Des Moines Register (Iowa), 1/20/25]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Rejected Democratic Criticisms Of The Transgender Sports Bill As 'Fearmongering' According to Des Moines Register, 'Democrats have denounced the bill, calling it unconstitutional. Hinson pushed back, saying "That's just fearmongering from the progressive left."' [Des Moines Register (Iowa), 1/20/25]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Objected To Girls Competing Against Or Sharing Locker Rooms With Transgender Boys According to Des Moines Register, 'Girls should not be forced to compete against a biological boy or change in the same locker room as a boy, and I can't even believe we have to have this conversation,' she said. [Des Moines Register (Iowa), 1/20/25]
2022: Hinson Cited Parental Notification Concerns About Gender Identity Changes In Schools According to Radio Iowa, 'Parents basically are not going to be informed when their children approach counselors at the school to change their pronouns or their gender identity,' Hinson said today. 'This is a place where parents need to have this information when it comes to their kids’ well-being, mental health and physical health.' [Radio Iowa, 5/5/22]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden Administration's Title IX Protections For Transgender Students According to Muscatine Journal, "Hinson also praised a federal judge's ruling in Kentucky that blocked Democratic President Joe Biden's effort to expand protections for transgender students and make other changes to the rules governing sex discrimination in schools by expanding the definition of Title IX to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity." [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 1/17/25]
January 2025: Ashley Hinson Praised Federal Judge’s Ruling Blocking Biden Title IX Expansion On Gender Identity According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson also praised a federal judge's ruling in Kentucky that blocked Democratic President Joe Biden's effort to expand protections for transgender students and make other changes to the rules governing sex discrimination in schools by expanding the definition of Title IX to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity." [Daily Nonpareil, 1/17/25]