Kansas has become the first state to adopt a definition of gender with the passage of legislation that keeps men, no matter what gender they identify as, out of women's bathrooms, locker rooms, and other intimate spaces.
The move came late in the afternoon of April 27, when the state Legislature voted to override Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of S.B. 180, which became known as the "Women's Bill of Rights."
The bill garnered support from a range of groups, including one staunchly pro-choice women's rights group.
The national women's rights organization, which helped craft the legislation, wrote on its website, "This bill takes procedural steps to write into law common sense definitions that ensure the meaning of words like 'woman' and 'mother' aren't corrupted by unelected bureaucrats intent on pushing gender ideology."
The Kansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence also opposed the Women's Bill of Rights, which specifically cites women's shelters, rape crisis centers, domestic violence safe havens, and women's prisons as protected places where men identifying as female should be restricted.
Following public testimony against the bill by Rev. Carolene Dean, an associate pastor with the Plymouth Congregational Church, an attorney for WOLF asked whether Dean, a female, "Had ever been unfortunate enough to find herself in a domestic violence shelter, rape crisis counseling, or a women's prison."
Nationwide, there have been a number of reports of assaults on women by men identifying as women.
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