{"id":1988772,"date":"2023-08-02T14:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T18:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-governor-signs-womens-bill-of-rights-to-combat-gender-ideology\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T14:10:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T18:10:31","slug":"oklahoma-governor-signs-womens-bill-of-rights-to-combat-gender-ideology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-governor-signs-womens-bill-of-rights-to-combat-gender-ideology\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Governor approves &#8216;Women&#8217;s Bill Of Rights&#8217; to counter gender ideology."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foklahoma-governor-signs-womens-bill-of-rights-to-combat-gender-ideology%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1988772&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Oklahoma\u2064 Governor Signs &#8220;Women&#8217;s \u200dBill of\u2063 Rights&#8221; to Combat Gender Ideology<\/h2>\n<p>Oklahoma\u2064 Republican Governor Kevin Stitt made a significant move on Tuesday \u2063by signing the &#8220;Women&#8217;s Bill of Rights,&#8221; a measure that advocates are calling a major step in \u2062combating gender ideology.<\/p>\n<p>By executive order, the governor \u200chas directed public schools\u2063 to \u200cprovide\u200c separate locker rooms and restrooms for boys and girls. Additionally, state facilities such as prisons and domestic shelters are now required to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-supreme-court-lets-trans-students-using-opposite-sex-bathrooms-ruling-stand\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Supreme Court Lets Trans Students Using Opposite Sex Bathrooms Ruling Stand\">provide separate facilities<\/a> for men and women.<\/p>\n<p>The order defines \u2064&#8221;female&#8221; as &#8220;a person whose\u200b biological reproductive system is designed to produce ova&#8221; \u2063or eggs, and &#8220;male&#8221; as &#8220;a person \u200dwhose biological reproductive system is designed to fertilize the ova\u2062 of a female.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 order states that\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-governor-signs-womens-bill-of-rights-to-combat-gender-ideology\/\" title=\"Oklahoma Governor approves 'Women's Bill Of Rights' to counter gender ideology.\">radical gender ideologues pose<\/a> a threat to the progress made by women and girls in society, and that the federal \u2063government is giving in to their demands. \u2063It emphasizes the &#8220;definitional, practical, and material&#8221; \u2064differences between the sexes.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the order is to bring clarity, certainty, \u200dand uniformity to administrative rules \u2062and to\u200c address the\u200c confusion surrounding the question of &#8220;What is a woman?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Fox News after signing the executive order, Governor Stitt \u2063expressed his \u2062belief that it is common sense to define what a woman is \u200dand to protect women. He stated, &#8220;I have three daughters. My wife and I have been married for 25 years. I did this for them. I did \u2063it for Riley Gaines. \u2064I did it for \u2063all the young \u2063girls in the state of Oklahoma. It&#8217;s just absolutely wrong for \u200cthem to be forced to change and undress\u200c in what should be a \u200dsafe locker room as\u2062 they&#8217;re competing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The governor made it clear that \u2062anyone at a state agency who violates \u2062the order will\u200d be\u200b immediately removed from their position,\u200b stating, &#8220;They&#8217;re not going to work in my administration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Riley \u200cGaines, \u200ba former\u2064 college swimmer who was forced to share \u200ca locker room with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-gm-shows-up-to-press-conference-wearing-shirt-about-women-and-girls-in-sports\/\" title=\"NFL GM Shows Up To Press Conference Wearing Shirt About \u2018Women And Girls\u2019 In Sports\">trans-identifying male athlete<\/a>, joined Governor Stitt as he signed \u200cthe executive order. Gaines described the order as &#8220;huge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So honored to stand alongside Governor Stitt as \u2064he signed an Executive Order on the Women&#8217;s Bill of Rights, a law that defines sex-based terms like \u200c&#8221;woman&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stitt is the first governor to take \u200ddecisive action and safeguard women&#8217;s privacy, safety, and equal \u200bopportunities. \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bZBJvxepLh\">pic.twitter.com\/bZBJvxepLh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_)\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1686429211542638602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gaines emphasized the significance of the order, stating that the issue \u2062extends beyond universities and\u2064 is present\u2064 in corporate America and the \u2064media. She spoke about the emotional blackmail used to silence those who speak \u2062out against gender ideology, highlighting the fear of losing \u2062job opportunities, friends, and scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>Paula Scanlan, a \u2062teammate \u200dof the trans-identifying male athlete, recently shared her traumatic experience\u2062 of sharing a locker room \u2063with him, which had a\u200b profound impact on her as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marilyn-manson-denies-evan-rachel-woods-abuse-allegations-gets-dropped-from-record-label\/\" title=\"Marilyn Manson Denies Evan Rachel Wood\u2019s Abuse Allegations, Gets Dropped From Record Label\">sexual assault survivor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma Democrats criticized the order, viewing it as\u2064 an attack on transgender people. House Democratic Leader Cyndi Munson accused the governor of engaging in partisan and polarizing politics.<\/p>\n<p>The executive order \u200dwas inspired by model legislation developed by the conservative \u200dwomen&#8217;s group Independent\u2063 Women&#8217;s Voice. Similar legislation based on \u200dthis model has been adopted in Kansas and Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, parents across the country have\u2063 expressed concerns \u2064about \u2062minor students using school bathrooms and locker rooms designated for \u200bclassmates of the opposite biological sex. Reports of sexual assaults occurring in bathrooms shared with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-school-district-will-require-students-to-use-bathroom-of-biological-sex-after-court-ruling\/\" title=\"Florida School District Will Require Students To Use Bathroom Of Biological Sex After Court Ruling\">trans-identifying students<\/a> have \u200dfurther heightened these concerns, leading parents to demand the \u2064separation of bathrooms based on biological sex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oklahoma&#8217;s GOP Governor, Kevin Stitt, signed the &#8220;Women&#8217;s Bill of Rights&#8221; via executive order. Advocates hailed this as a significant step in countering gender ideology. The bill mandates separate locker rooms and restrooms for boys and girls in public schools, as well as in state facilities such as prisons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":1988773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1988773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}