PR: Men are Men and Women are Women bill Introduced in NC Senate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 25th, 2025
Contact: Ashley Vaughan
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MEN ARE MEN AND WOMEN ARE WOMEN BILL INTRODUCED IN NC SENATE

Today, a bill was filed in the NC Senate that aims to define “male” and “female” by biology in NC law and to restrict men and boys from entering women and girls’ private spaces. The bills mirror President Trump’s recent executive order ‘Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government’ which declared that Federal policy will recognize the “biological reality of sex” and restricts men from entering women’s private spaces in federal agencies and facilities.

NC Values Coalition Press Director Ashley Vaughan applauded the bill, saying, “North Carolina must return to the common sense understanding that men are men, women are women, and men should not be allowed to rob women of their safety and privacy by invading their private spaces. Defining male and female by biology in North Carolina law is important because when men can identify as women it invalidates hundreds of laws and policies designed to protect women. We need to protect women and girls in private spaces where they are vulnerable. North Carolina schools should never allow children to be on the front lines of the gender ideology confusion. And North Carolina correctional facilities must protect female inmates from predatory male inmates claiming to be women. Trump got this right, and now North Carolina needs to get this right.”

If this bill becomes law, NC will join a growing number of states seeking to protect women from the harmful effects of gender ideology. Six states do not allow sex to be changed on birth certificates, and three states define “sex” by biology. Fourteen states have passed laws to segregate private spaces by biology, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just upheld a similar law passed by Idaho unanimously.

The bill introduced today only designate private spaces by biology in K-12 public schools, rape crisis centers, local confinement facilities, domestic violence shelters, juvenile detention centers, and prisons.

The bill sponsors are Sens. Overcash and Sawyer.

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