Establishing a Women's Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women under Federal law.

Bill: 118-hres-115
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2023-02-09
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) for purposes of federal law, a person's <i>sex</i> means the person's biological sex at birth; and (2) distinctions between the sexes are justified in certain settings, laws, and policies.</p>

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 115 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 9, 2023 Mrs. Lesko (for herself, Mrs. Harshbarger , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Hern , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Aderholt , Mr. Biggs , Mr. Clyde , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Guest , Mr. Santos , Mr. Ogles , Ms. Foxx , Mr. Norman , Mr. Owens , Mr. Jackson of Texas , Ms. Hageman , and Mr. Duncan ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Establishing a Women’s Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women under Federal law.

Whereas males and females possess unique and immutable biological differences that manifest prior to birth and increase as they age and experience puberty; Whereas biological differences between the sexes mean that only females may get pregnant, give birth, and breastfeed children; Whereas biological differences between the sexes mean that males are, on average, larger in size and possess greater body strength than females; Whereas biological differences between the sexes can expose females to more harm than males from specific forms of violence, including sexual violence; Whereas women have achieved inspirational and significant accomplishments in education, athletics, and employment; and Whereas recent misguided court rulings related to the definition of sex have led to endangerment of spaces and resources dedicated to women, thereby necessitating clarification of certain terms: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives reaffirms that— (1) for purposes of Federal law, a person’s sex means his or her biological sex (either male or female) at birth; (2) for purposes of Federal law addressing sex, the terms woman and girl refer to human females, and the terms man and boy refer to human males; (3) for purposes of Federal law, the word mother means a parent of the female sex and father is defined as a parent of the male sex; (4) there are important reasons to distinguish between the sexes with respect to athletics, prisons, domestic violence shelters, restrooms, and other areas, particularly where biology, safety, and privacy are implicated; (5) policies and laws that distinguish between the sexes are subject to intermediate constitutional scrutiny and permitted when they serve an important governmental objective and are substantially related to achieving that objective; and (6) for purposes of complying with Federal laws that require State and local government agencies to collect or report data disaggregated by sex, such as Federal antidiscrimination laws, agencies are required to base such data on the biological sex of individuals at birth.