Text of US SR 53 (2023)

III 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. RES. 53 Establishing a Women’s Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women under Federal law. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 9, 2023 Mrs. HYDE-SMITH (for herself, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. CRUZ, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. LEE, and Mrs. BRITT) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Establishing a Women’s Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women under Federal law. Whereas males and females possess unique and immutable bi- ological differences that manifest prior to birth and in- crease as they age and experience puberty; Whereas biological differences between the sexes mean that only females may get pregnant, give birth, and breastfeed children; Whereas biological differences between the sexes mean that males are, on average, larger in size and possess greater body strength than females; Whereas biological differences between the sexes can expose females to more harm than males from specific forms of violence, including sexual violence; VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:15 Feb 10, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR53.IS SR53 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •SRES 53 IS Whereas women have achieved inspirational and significant accomplishments in education, athletics, and employment; and Whereas recent misguided court rulings related to the defini- tion of ‘‘sex’’ have led to endangerment of spaces and re- sources dedicated to women, thereby necessitating clari- fication of certain terms: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate reaffirms that— 1 (1) for the purposes of Federal law, the ‘‘sex’’ 2 of an individual means his or her biological sex (ei- 3 ther male or female) at birth; 4 (2) for the purposes of Federal laws addressing 5 sex, the terms ‘‘woman’’ and ‘‘girl’’ refer to human 6 females, and the terms ‘‘man’’ and ‘‘boy’’ refer to 7 human males; 8 (3) for the purposes of Federal law, the word 9 ‘‘mother’’ means a parent of the female sex and ‘‘fa- 10 ther’’ is defined as a parent of the male sex; 11 (4) there are important reasons to distinguish 12 between the sexes with respect to athletics, prisons, 13 domestic violence shelters, restrooms, and other 14 areas, particularly where biology, safety, and privacy 15 are implicated; 16 (5) policies and laws that distinguish between 17 the sexes are subject to intermediate constitutional 18 scrutiny and permitted when they serve an impor- 19 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:15 Feb 10, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR53.IS SR53 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •SRES 53 IS tant governmental objective and are substantially re- 1 lated to achieving that objective; and 2 (6) for the purposes of complying with Federal 3 laws that require State and local government agen- 4 cies to collect or report data disaggregated by sex, 5 such as Federal antidiscrimination laws, agencies 6 are required to base such data on the biological sex 7 of individuals at birth. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:15 Feb 10, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR53.IS SR53 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB