In Alabama, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey has signed last 14 February a new bill that she says answers a simple question: What is a woman?. The bill was cleared by the legslature last 12 February.
The bill from state Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Leeds, and Sen. April Weaver, R-Alabaster, would adjust state law to explicitly define "man," "woman," "boy," "girl," "father," "mother," "male," female" and "sex."
"If the Good Lord made you a boy, you’re a boy. And if He made you a girl, you’re a girl," Ivey said in a signing statement from the Capitol.
"In Alabama, we believe there are two genders: Male and female. There is nothing complicated or controversial about it."
"Today, I was proud to officially answer the question "What is a Woman?" with my signature on Senate Bill 79. It did not take a biologist to figure it out."
In comments to Fox News Digital, Ivey said prior to the signing: "In Alabama, it does not take a biologist to answer the question: What is a woman?"
During Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing, the jurist told Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn she could not define the term "woman." "In this context – I’m not a biologist," Brown Jackson said.
"There are only two genders: Male and female," Ivey told Fox News Digital.
The law would require the government to collect vital statistics to identify a person's sex at birth and "delete obsolete or unnecessary definitions and make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style."
"For purposes of state law, a 'female' is an individual whose biological reproductive system is designed to produce ova, and a 'male' is an individual whose biological reproductive system is designed to fertilize the ova of a female," a draft of the bill published on a government site read.