Rep. Mary Miller (R-Illinois 15th) is seeking to clarify the terms “male” and “female” as new gender theories and social experiments uproot sex-based protections in federal law.
Rep. Miller introduced the Defining Male and Female Act (H.R. 9218) in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 30, 2024, stating there are “two—and only two—sexes.”
The bill defines them as:
“male and female, which refer to the two body structures (phenotypes) that, in normal development, correspond to one or the other gamete—sperm for males and ova for female”
It additionally notes though rare, there are, disorders of sexual development that are adequately accounted for in this definition. It also clarifies no one legally lies in between nor outside of this binary.
The Defining Male and Female Act clarifies legal questions following trends to socially abolish sex—including the Biden-Harris’ Title IX rule which stands in the spotlight of the chaos. The rule sought to redefine “sex” to include “gender identity,” a term clearly ambiguous in nature. This followed the Bostock v. Clayton County (2022) Supreme Court opinion which affirmed similar flawed logic to Title VII.
Equating “sex” to an undefined and unbound term such as “gender identity” pulls the rug out from established and proven concepts and effectively changes legislation without congressional approval. This includes anti-discrimination laws like Title VII and Title IX. In the fall out of Title IX, girls are left unprotected from men ambushing their locker rooms, sport teams, and dormitories.
But this legislation clarifies that any act of Congress or U.S. administrative bureau or agency, whether legislative or ruling, shall interpret “sex” as “male” and “female” within the historic, simple, and bound terms. The legislation also covers previously unquestioned terms such as woman, girl, man, boy, mother, father, and gender, clarifying that “gender identity” does not refer to one’s sex or gender.
These definitions solidify once common-sense words like “mother” used in past legislation. Recently, far-left politicians have abstained from using these terms altogether. Just last month Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed a bill removing language including “mother” and “father” from all parentage laws and birth certificates. Now, a mother is reduced to “person who gave birth to the child,” and a father, merely the “other parent.”
Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) recognizes the unique and irreplicable value of mothers and fathers in their families. No government should diminish or erase these critical roles, lest it assume the duties itself. The family is a gift from God towards the preservation and flourishing of His children, anything outside of His design is a mockery to the structure He lovingly ordained.
CWALAC stands against any act of Congress, U.S. agency, or state legislature that seeks to erase this value through manipulative and vague language that harms women and families in the long run. No act of Congress can ever undo God’s design of male and female and ignoring this reality only diminishes the integrity of U.S. law, harming everyone under them.
CWALAC supports Rep. Miller’s attempt to defend American families in Congress and secure non-discrimination rights in education under Title IX. The Defining Male and Female Act of 2024 was referred to the House Judiciary Committee and cosponsors include Rep. Greg Steube (R-Florida 17th), Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Michigan 9th), Rep. Barry Moore (R-Alabama 2nd), and more.