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Pennsylvania lawmaker introduces “Two Gender Protection Act”
by: Brady Doran
Posted: Feb 6, 2025 / 12:44 PM EST
Updated: Feb 6, 2025 / 12:46 PM EST
(WHTM)– Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano introduced a bill that would require people to be recognized by their biological sex.
According to Senator Mastriano, Senate Bill 213 would also mandate the Pennsylvania government to use sex instead of gender in official communications and require all state-issued identification documents to use a person’s biological sex as identified at birth.
“Across our nation, we have witnessed ideologues denying the biological reality of sex who have sought to impose legal and socially coercive measures allowing men to self-identify as women. This access to intimate, single-sex spaces and activities designed for women – including bathrooms, locker rooms, domestic abuse shelters, workplace facilities, prisons and women’s sports – poses a significant threat to women’s safety and well-being,” Mastriano said.
The legislation would enforce single-sex spaces to be based on biological sex rather than gender identity. Mastriano said the bill would also prevent taxpayer funds from being used for gender-transition health care.
State institutions, including schools, would have the option to provide gender-neutral bathrooms and changing areas under the bill, but they must be separate from single-sex spaces.
The bill has been referred to the Senate State Government Committee.
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