Nebraska governor indicators order narrowly defining intercourse as that assigned at delivery

Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen on Wednesday signed an govt order strictly defining an individual’s intercourse.

The order notably doesn’t use the time period “transgender,” though it seems directed at limiting transgender entry to sure public areas. It orders state businesses to outline “female” and “male” as an individual’s intercourse assigned at delivery.

“It is common sense that men do not belong in women’s only spaces,” Pillen stated in a press release. “As Governor, it is my duty to protect our kids and women’s athletics, which means providing single-sex spaces for women’s sports, bathrooms, and changing rooms.”

Pillen’s order got here lower than a month after Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed an nearly similar order.

The Nebraska and Oklahoma orders each embody definitions for the phrases “man,” “boy,” “woman,” “girl,” “father” and “mother.” They particularly outline a feminine as an individual “whose biological reproductive system is designed to produce ova” and a male as an individual whose “biological reproductive system is designed to fertilize the ova of a female.”

Both state orders direct faculties and different state businesses to make use of these definitions when gathering important statistics, similar to knowledge on crime and discrimination.

Pillen’s order took impact instantly and can expire if Nebraska lawmakers cross a regulation on trans athletes.

A invoice to limit transgender pupil participation in highschool sports and restrict entry to bogs and locker rooms was launched by Nebraska state Sen. Kathleen Kauth this previous legislative session however didn’t advance out of committee. She has promised to strive once more subsequent session.

Kauth additionally launched the extremely controversial invoice banning gender-affirming surgical procedure for anybody below 19 and limiting the usage of hormone remedies and puberty blockers in minors.

The invoice handed after supporters broke up a months-long filibuster by combining the measure with a 12-week abortion ban.