Independent Women Applauds HHS for Issuing Clear Definitions of ‘Male’ and ‘Female’ Under Trump Executive Order
By Editors of The Independent Women’s Forum
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Independent Women applauds the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for executing on its implementation of President Donald Trump’s day one executive order — “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government” — in issuing clear guidance on the definition of sex-based words like ‘male’ and ‘female’ to the U.S. Government, including federal agencies, external partners, and the public. Guidance from the HHS is a critical step in ensuring unelected bureaucrats stop redefining language to fit a false narrative and erase women.
Independent Women is the original architect of the model that laid the groundwork for President Trump’s sex-definition executive order to define ‘woman’ and other sex-based terms in law and code, preserve the legal existence of women as distinct from men, and protect women-only spaces. In July 2022, Independent Women’s Forum won the Heritage Foundation’s Innovation Award for the development and popularization of sex definition model legislation. Since then, Independent Women has ushered the model legislation into law in nine states, with bills in over a dozen state legislatures now, impacting the lives of over 17.5 million women and girls.
Having clear and precise definitions of sex-based terms is not only necessary for the protection of single-sex spaces and opportunities but also protects the integrity of sex-based data collection to accurately reflect biology.
Importantly, HHS uses Independent Women’s recommended definitions of ‘sex,’ ‘female,’ and ‘male’ in Trump’s executive order as based on reproductive potential, rather than chromosomes, to ensure clarity and protection for all individuals.
Jordanne Kemper, state affairs director for Independent Women, said: “Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has made it clear that he believes in objective truth and sound scientific research. Defining the sexes and offering clear guidance that biology is real is a gift to the American people after years of the Government ignoring science, biological truth and real and important differences between the sexes. We know that sex matters, particularly when it comes to vital data statistics that help measure the impact of chronic diseases on males and females. I look forward to turning the page on the insanity we’ve been subjected to through the Biden-Harris administration and seeing what HHS achieves in their quest to Make America Healthy Again.”
Beth Parlato, senior legal advisor for Independent Women, said: “I applaud HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. bringing common sense back into HHS by clearly defining there are only two sexes – male and female. In order for HHS to comply with their overall mission to improve the health, safety and well-being of all Americans, it’s vital that they start with the foundational truth that females are biologically distinct from men.”
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