What is a woman? Idaho Gov. Brad Little signs bill defining 'woman' in state law

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Biden administration officials are still unclear on the definition of 'woman' and may want to check in with Idaho.

What is a woman? Idaho Gov. Brad Little signs bill defining ‘woman’ in state lawIdaho Gov. Brad Little listens at a press conference about border policies in Eagle Pass, Texas on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024.

“Thank you Governor Little for standing with women and signing the codification of sex-based terms in law, inspired by Independent Women’s Voice’s Women’s Bill of Rights,” said former All-American swimmer Riley Gaines, an IWV ambassador. “In no case is an individual’s sex determined by stipulation or self-identification,” reads the legislation, which passed the House and the Senate with no Democratic votes., Tennessee, Oklahoma and Nebraska — adopted similar measures last year. Five states — Alabama, Arizona, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi — are considering such legislation.

The bills were approved over the objections of transgender rights advocates, who protested earlier this month by dropping 48,000 paper hearts from the fourth floor onto the capitol rotunda.the Republican-controlled Legislature of giving in to the “hateful demands of far-right extremists at the expense of the safety, security, and health of Idaho’s transgender community.”

 

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