Kansas Senate passes bill to define a woman as a biological female

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The Kansas Senate passed a bill Thursday to define a " woman " as a biological female for legal purposes within the state.

The bill passed 26-10 in the state Senate, with no support from any Democratic state senators, and faces an uphill battle to override a likely veto from the Democratic governor.

The bill states that a woman is a female, which the bill defines as "an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova." It clarifies for statutory purposes that "woman" and "girl" refer to females.

Kansas Senate Democrats decried the bill as "targeting trans Kansans" while saying it is "equally offensive to cisgender Kansans." Democrats also took issue with the title of the bill as a "Women's Bill of Rights," claiming it is "part of a national push to put biologically essentialist language in statute so that legislators have basis to ban trans people from public spaces."

The bill is widely expected to be vetoed by Gov. Laura Kelly (D), who has previously vetoed legislation regarding biological sex definitions. Last year, Kelly vetoed a bill that aimed to ban biological males from competing in women's sports. The 2022 bill was overturned in the Senate but failed to get the required votes to override the veto in the House and died.

www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/kansas-senate-passes-bill-defining-woman-biological-female

Bloody hell.

As with my own country's former dictator, I always wonder what skin in the game people, especially females have to be so voracious in advocating for males in female spaces!

What’s ridiculous is the need for them to do so.

well done i say.

My mind absolutely boggles, not just at the number of female foot soldiers on the genderist side, but also the number of Generals.

I'm sorry to bring fiction into this serious matter but it is like the Handmaid's tale. In the story it was women pushing the agenda for women to be submissive to men
and fertile women to be breeding stock

It is bonkers that it has to be stated.

And bonkers that it is going to be blocked!

Trump or another Republican looks like a shoe in next Prez election, especially now that I hear Biden intends to run again.

I dislike the Republicans intensely and Trump in particular, but the Dems are not making sense here at all, and scientific fact surely is their defence against the flat earthers on the dark side.

Baffling.

Fuck YES

This is a link to a report from the Women's Liberation Front that explains how they have been campaigning for this, not just in Kansas but other states. womensliberationfront.org/news/womens-bill-of-rights-introduced-in-more-states-wolf-testifies-in-kansas

Also involved is a groups called Independent Women's Voices www.iwv.org

Also strange to us in the UK that the legislation could be state by state, so that in one state women would be biological females but in another state anyone who identifies as a female.

Exactly.

One thing to note, which tempers my anger at their D Governor. She's in a very purple, leaning red (GOP) state. Biden and the Democratic Party can choose to help her the next election or choose to push her out for another D candidate who will do their bidding. She's not in a safe spot come her next re-election so I am not surprised at all about this. She also helped push against the anti-abortion efforts in Kansas which was a big win for women. It's not cut and dry-Biden set this as his campaign pet and she's falling in line.

Agree. I’m particularly bitter about how the left’s voracious support for gender ideology and refusal to listen to women who are saying ‘hang on a minute can we discuss this’ has led to the increased support for people like Trump.

Not too.unlike the devolved govt here with Scotland Wales and NI?