West Virginia lawmakers pass bill that defines a “man” and “woman”...

[Jessica_Rose]

West Virginia lawmakers pass bill that defines a "man" and "woman," Will go to Governor to be possibly signed into law

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Story by John Lynch (11 March 2025)

West Virginia lawmakers passed a bill that defines a "man" and "woman"

In the bill, it defines that "a "woman" is an adult human of the female sex, and a "man" is an adult human of the male sex." Also that a "girl" is a human female who is a legal minor, and a "boy" is a human male who is a legal minor. The bill will also define a "mother" "is a female parent of a child or children and a "father" is a is a male parent of a child or children.

The bill doesn't just define genders, it also wants same sex spaces for restrooms, locker rooms, shower rooms, dorms and domestic violence shelters.

Democrats say the bill "explicitly allows health care providers to visually inspect a minor child for purposes of verifying biological sex without parental consent."

"I tried to fix the bill by amending it in the House to require parental consent, but my amendment was rejected by Republicans," said Delegate Kayla Young (D-Kanawha).

UPDATE: While Democrats put out a news release about the bill this morning saying it explicitly allows health care providers to visually inspect a minor child for purposes of verifying biological sex without parental consent, the WV Senate made changes to the bill about an hour after that.

[Lori Dee]

@Gina P

Are you sure this is where you want to move to?